Genotypic and phenotypic traits that distinguish neonatal meningitis-associated Escherichia coli from fecal E. coli isolates of healthy human hosts

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 5824-5830

  Logue, Catherine M ^a,b   Doetkott, Curt ^b   Mangiamele, Paul ^a   Wannemuehler, Yvonne M ^a   Johnson, Timothy J ^a,c   Tivendale, Kelly A ^a,d   Li, Ganwu ^a   Sherwood, Julie S ^b   Nolan, Lisa K ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; E. COLI; HEALTHY HUMANS; PATHOGENIC E. COLI; PHENOTYPIC TRAITS; PHYLOGENETIC GROUPS; SEROGROUPS;

DNA; GENES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENOTYPE; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; VIRULENCE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; SEROTYPING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMIDS; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84866170144     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07869-11     Document Type: Article

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