Avian pathogenic, uropathogenic, and newborn meningitis-causing Escherichia coli: How closely related are they?

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 297, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 163-176

  Ewers, Christa ^a   Li, Ganwu ^a   Wilking, Hendrik ^a   Kießling, Sabine ^a   Alt, Katja ^a   Antáo, Esther Maria ^a   Laturnus, Claudia ^a   Diehl, Ines ^a   Glodde, Susanne ^a   Homeier, Timo ^a   Böhnke, Ute ^a   Steinrück, Hartmut ^b   Philipp, Hans C ^c   Wieler, Lothar H ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^c LOHMANN TIERZUCHT GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

APEC; Colibacillosis; ECOR; Escherichia coli; NMEC; Serotype; UPEC; Virulence associated genes; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HABITAT; HOST; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34247578540     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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