Cronobacter spp. (previously Enterobacter sakazakii) invade and translocate across both cultured human intestinal epithelial cells and human brain microvascular endothelial cells

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-147

  Giri, Chandrakant P ^a   Shima, Kensuke ^a   Tall, Ben D ^b   Curtis, Sherill ^b   Sathyamoorthy, Venugopal ^b   Hanisch, Brock ^a   Kim, Kwang S ^c   Kopecko, Dennis J ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; CNS; Cronobacter sakazakii; Meningitis; Transcytosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONOBACTER; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIUM; MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCYTOSIS;

CELL LINE; CRONOBACTER; CYTOPLASM; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; TRANSCYTOSIS; VACUOLES; VIRULENCE;

ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84855187711     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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