In vivo bioluminescence imaging of Escherichia coli O104:H4 and role of aerobactin during colonization of a mouse model of infection

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Torres, Alfredo G ^a   Cieza, Roberto J ^a   Rojas Lopez, Maricarmen ^a   Blumentritt, Carla A ^a   Souza, Cristiane S ^a,b   Johnston, R Katie ^a   Strockbine, Nancy ^c   Kaper, James B ^d   Sbrana, Elena ^a   Popov, Vsevolod L ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBACTIN; AEROBACTIN RECEPTOR; AGAR; IRON; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPORTER GENE; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CECUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; IRON; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 84862317797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-12-112     Document Type: Article

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