Article
Comparison of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli strains from human and avian sources reveals a mixed subset representing potential zoonotic pathogens.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Nov 2008
Johnson Timothy J, Wannemuehler Yvonne, Johnson Sara J, Stell Adam L, Doetkott Curt, Johnson James R, Kim Kwang S, Spanjaard Lodewijk, Nolan Lisa K
Abstract excerpt
Since extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) strains from human and avian hosts encounter similar challenges in establishing infection in extraintestinal locations, they may share similar contents of virulence genes and capacities to cause disease. In the present study, 1,074 ExPEC i...
Topics
- Animals
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Chickens
- Chromosomes, Bacterial
- Cluster Analysis
- DNA, Bacterial
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Meningitis