Genomic comparison of Escherichia coli K1 strains isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with meningitis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2196-2206

  Yao, Yufeng ^a   Xie, Yi ^a   Kim, Kwang Sik ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; LIPOPROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K1; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEPSIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MENINGITIS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHYLOGENY; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 33645504808     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.4.2196-2206.2006     Document Type: Article

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