Phylogenetic distribution of virulence-associated genes among Escherichia coli isolates associated with neonatal bacterial meningitis in the Netherlands

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 774-784

  Johnson, James R ^a,b   Oswald, Eric ^c   OBryan, Timothy T ^a,b   Kuskowski, Michael A ^a,b   Spanjaard, Lodewijk ^d  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLETHAL DISTENDING TOXIN B; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN IBEA; PROTEIN OMPT; PROTEIN SFAS; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0037086518     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/339343     Document Type: Article

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