Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli [extraintestinální patogenní Escherichia coli]
- Terms
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ExPEC
extraintestinální patogenní E. coli
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ExPEC
Extraintestinal Pathogenic E. coli
Strains of Escherichia coli that possess virulence traits which allow them to invade, colonize, and induce disease in tissues outside of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. They are a cause of URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS (UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI); neonatal MENINGITIS; SEPSIS; PNEUMONIA; and SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION.
- Annotation
- infection: coordinate with ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS
- DUI
- D000072282 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M000616745
- Previous indexing
- Escherichia coli (2000-2016)
- History note
- 2017
- Public note
- 2017
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- CH
- chemistry
- CL
- classification
- CY
- cytology
- DE
- drug effects
- EN
- enzymology
- GE
- genetics 1
- GD
- growth & development
- IM
- immunology
- IP
- isolation & purification 2
- ME
- metabolism 1
- PY
- pathogenicity 2
- PH
- physiology
- RE
- radiation effects
- UL
- ultrastructure
- VI
- virology