Acquisition of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli plasmids by a commensal E. coli isolate enhances its abilities to kill chicken embryos, grow in human urine, and colonize the murine kidney

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 6287-6292

  Skyberg, Jerod A ^a,d   Johnson, Timothy J ^a   Johnson, James R ^b   Clabots, Connie ^b   Logue, Catherine M ^c   Nolan, Lisa K ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CHICK EMBRYO; COMMENSAL ESCHERICHIA COLI; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LETHALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R PLASMID; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 33750438800     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00363-06     Document Type: Article

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