Prevalence of the multi-drug resistance of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from pigs in central Thailand

• Main Authors: Shutipen Buranasinsup, Suphang Kulpeanprasit, Thida Kong-Ngoen, Arunee Jangsangthong, Nitat Sookrung, Wanpen Chaicumpa, Nitaya Indrawattana
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Chemistry; Materials Science; Mathematics; Physics and Astronomy
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/45299

© 2018, Chiang Mai University. All rights reserved. Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), a strain producing cytotoxins known as Shiga toxins (Stxs, encoded by EVS and EVC genes), can cause neonatal and post-weaning diarrhea (PWD) in pigs, leading to substantial economic loss in the form of medicat...