Human sepsis-associated Escherichia coli (SEPEC) is able to adhere to and invade kidney epithelial cells in culture

Human sepsis-associated Escherichia coli (SEPEC) is able to adhere to and invade kidney epithelial cells in culture

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The adhesins of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli are essential for mediating direct interactions between the microbes and the host cell surfaces that they infect. Using fluorescence microscopy and gentamycin protection assays, we observed that 49 sepsis-associated E. coli (SEPEC) strains...

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Main Authors: R.A. Conceição, M.S. Ludovico, C.G.T.J. Andrade, T. Yano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2012-05-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Subjects:
Adhesion
Invasiveness
Escherichia coli
Sepsis
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2012000500007&lng=en&tlng=en

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