Article
Comparative Genomics of Escherichia coli Isolated from Skin and Soft Tissue and Other Extraintestinal Infections.
mBio - 15 Aug 2017
Ranjan Amit, Shaik Sabiha, Nandanwar Nishant, Hussain Arif, Tiwari Sumeet K, Semmler Torsten, Jadhav Savita, Wieler Lothar H, Alam Munirul, Colwell Rita R, Ahmed Niyaz
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli, an intestinal Gram-negative bacterium, has been shown to be associated with a variety of diseases in addition to intestinal infections, such as urinary tract infections (UTIs), meningitis in neonates, septicemia, skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs), and colisepticemia. Thus, for nonintestinal infections, it is categorized as extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC). It is also an...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Biofilms
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genomics
- Genotype
- Humans