Virulence factors, prevalence and potential transmission of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from different sources: recent reports
Wroclaw Medical University · University of Wrocław · +1 more institution
Abstract
Extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) are facultative pathogens that are part of the normal human intestinal flora. The ExPEC group includes uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC), neonatal meningitis E. coli (NMEC), sepsis-associated E. coli (SEPEC), and avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC). Virulence factors (VF) related to the pathogenicity of ExPEC are numerous and have a wide range of activities, from those related to bacteria colonization to those related to virulence, including adhesins, toxins, iron acquisition factors, lipopolysaccharides, polysaccharide capsules, and invasins, which are usually encoded on pathogenicity islands (PAIs), plasmids and other mobile genetic elements. Mechanisms underlying the…
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Authors
7- JSJolanta SarowskaCorresponding
Wroclaw Medical University
- BFBożena Futoma-Kołoch
University of Wrocław, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences
- AJAgnieszka Jama−Kmiecik
Wroclaw Medical University
- MFMagdalena Frej−Mądrzak
Wroclaw Medical University
- MKMarta Książczyk
University of Wrocław, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences
Topics & keywords
- Virulence
- Biology
- Colonization
- Microbiology
- Pathogenicity island
- Transmission (telecommunications)
- Bacterial adhesin
- Escherichia coli