VIRULENCE PATTERNS OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI K1 STRAINS ASSOCIATED WITH NEONATAL MENINGITIS

Authors
BINGEN E BONACORSI S BRAHIMI N DENAMUR E ELION J
Citation
E. Bingen et al., VIRULENCE PATTERNS OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI K1 STRAINS ASSOCIATED WITH NEONATAL MENINGITIS, Journal of clinical microbiology, 35(11), 1997, pp. 2981-2982
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
35
Issue
11
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2981 - 2982
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1997)35:11<2981:VPOEKS>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The prevalence of the ibe10 gene, of the pap, afa, and sfa adhesin-enc oding operons, and of a 14,9-kb rrn-containing HindIII fragment was st udied for 67 Escherichia coli neonatal meningitis strains, 58 E. coli K1 commensal strains, and 47 E. coli blood isolates from neonates with out meningitis, ibe10, sfa, and the 14,9-kb HindIII fragment were obse rved significantly more often in the meningitis strains than in blood or commensal strains.