Comparison of virulence factors and expression of specific genes between uropathogenic Escherichia coli and avian pathogenic E. coli in a murine urinary tract infection model and a chicken challenge model

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1634-1644

  Zhao, Lixiang ^a,b   Gao, Song ^a   Huan, Haixia ^a,c   Xu, Xiaojing ^a,b   Zhu, Xiaoping ^a   Yang, Weixia ^a   Gao, Qingqing ^a   Liu, Xiufan ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HuanYin Teachers' College   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVIAN PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; LD 50; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MURINAE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY DISEASES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 66849118737     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.024869-0     Document Type: Article

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