Novel model to study virulence determinants of Escherichia coli K1

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 5735-5739

  Khan, Naveed Ahmed ^a   Goldsworthy, Graham John ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC NECROTIZING FACTOR 1; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; ESCHERICHIA COLI K1; FIMH GENE; GENE CLUSTER; LOCUST; NEUDB GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MENINGITIS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 36749098406     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00740-07     Document Type: Article

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