What defines extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli?

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 301, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 642-647

  Köhler, Christian Daniel ^a   Dobrindt, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli; Genome plasticity; MLST; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TYPING; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 80555150609     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2011.09.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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