Questions belonging to the abstract "Evidence for a specific subset of Escherichia coli bacteria that cause mastitis"

1. Which bacterial characteristics may be associated with mammary pathogenic E. coli ?

 a. Antimicrobial resistance
 b. Adhesion and invasion of bovine neutrophils
 c. Different O-antigen.

 

2. What does MPEC stand for ?

 a. More Pathogenic E. coli
 b. Mammary Productive E. coli
 c. Mammary Pathogenic E. coli

 

3. Pulsed field gel electrophoresis identified two clusters of E. coli strains. Which clusters where this ?

 a. Mastitis and Environmental isolates
 b. Severe mastitis and non-severe mastitis isolates
 c. Strains with and without antimicrobial resistance to ampicillin.