Prevalence of pks-positive Escherichia coli in Japanese patients with or without colorectal cancer

Prevalence of pks-positive Escherichia coli in Japanese patients with or without colorectal cancer

Abstract Background Recent studies show that some Escherichia coli strains possessing a gene cluster named the pks island might have a causative role in the development of human colorectal cancer (CRC). In several reports from Europe, they are found more prevalently in colon tissue specimens derived...

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Main Authors: Takayuki Shimpoh, Yoshihiro Hirata, Sozaburo Ihara, Nobumi Suzuki, Hiroto Kinoshita, Yoku Hayakawa, Yumiko Ota, Akiko Narita, Shuntaro Yoshida, Atsuo Yamada, Kazuhiko Koike
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:Gut Pathogens
Subjects:
Colibactin
Colonoscopy
Colorectal neoplasms
Escherichia coli
pks island
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13099-017-0185-x

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