Molecular epidemiological and phylogenetic associations of two novel putative virulence genes, iha and iroN(E. coli), among Escherichia coli isolates from patients with urosepsis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 3040-3047

  Johnson, James R ^a,d   Russo, Thomas A ^b   Tarr, Phillip I ^c   Carlino, Ulrike ^b   Bilge, Sima S ^c   Vary Jr , James C ^c   Stell, Adam L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SEPSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034019899     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.5.3040-3047.2000     Document Type: Article

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