Open AccessExtraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli as a Cause of Invasive Nonurinary Infections
Author(s) -
James R. Johnson,
Abby Gajewski,
Alan J. Lesse,
Thomas A. Russo
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.41.12.5798-5802.2003
Subject(s) - virulence , microbiology and biotechnology , escherichia coli , biology , pneumonia , meningitis , sepsis , peritonitis , septic arthritis , osteomyelitis , pyomyositis , virology , arthritis , medicine , abscess , immunology , genetics , gene , psychiatry
Multiple Escherichia coli isolates from four adults with extraintestinal infections underwent molecular phylotyping and virulence profiling. A patient with secondary peritonitis had two low-virulence E. coli strains from phylogenetic groups A and D. In contrast, three patients with invasive extraurinary infections (septic arthritis/pyomyositis, nontraumatic meningitis/hematogenous osteomyelitis, and pneumonia) each had a single high-virulence phylogenetic group B2 strain resembling typical isolates causing urinary infection and/or sepsis, i.e., extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli.