Virulence potential for extraintestinal infections among commensal Escherichia coli isolated from healthy humans-the Trojan horse within our gut

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 362, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Erjavec, Marjanca Starčič ^a   Žgur Bertok, Darja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Commensal Escherichia coli; Healthy humans; Intestinal microbiota; Pathogenicity islands; Virulence associated genes

Indexed keywords

AER GENE; AFA GENE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CDTB GENE; CLBAQ GENE; CNF1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRA GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; EXTRAINTESTINAL PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FIMH GENE; FOC GENE; FYUA GENE; HLYA GENE; HUMAN; IBEA GENE; INTESTINE INFECTION; KFIC GENE; NEUB GENE; NEUC GENE; PAPC GENE; PAPGII GENE; PAPGIII GENE; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SFA GENE; SHORT SURVEY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; INTESTINE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE;

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MICROBIOTA; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84947612084     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnu061     Document Type: Short Survey

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