Role of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Virulence Factors in Uropathogenesis
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- Erik J. Boll
- Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Carsten Struve
- Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Nadia Boisen
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Bente Olesen
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hillerød Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark
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- Steen G. Stahlhut
- Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Karen A. Krogfelt
- Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- A. J. Bäumler
- editor
Description
<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title> <jats:p> A multiresistant clonal <jats:named-content xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" content-type="genus-species" xlink:type="simple">Escherichia coli</jats:named-content> O78:H10 strain qualifying molecularly as enteroaggregative <jats:named-content xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" content-type="genus-species" xlink:type="simple">Escherichia coli</jats:named-content> (EAEC) was recently shown to be the cause of a community-acquired outbreak of urinary tract infection (UTI) in greater Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1991. This marks the first time EAEC has been associated with an extraintestinal disease outbreak. Importantly, the outbreak isolates were recovered from the urine of patients with symptomatic UTI, strongly implying urovirulence. Here, we sought to determine the uropathogenic properties of the Copenhagen outbreak strain and whether these properties are conferred by the EAEC-specific virulence factors. We demonstrated that through expression of aggregative adherence fimbriae, the principal adhesins of EAEC, the outbreak strain exhibited pronouncedly increased adherence to human bladder epithelial cells compared to prototype uropathogenic strains. Moreover, the strain was able to produce distinct biofilms on abiotic surfaces, including urethral catheters. These findings suggest that EAEC-specific virulence factors increase uropathogenicity and may have played a significant role in the ability of the strain to cause a community-acquired outbreak of UTI. Thus, inclusion of EAEC-specific virulence factors is warranted in future detection and characterization of uropathogenic <jats:named-content xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" content-type="genus-species" xlink:type="simple">E. coli</jats:named-content> . </jats:p>
Journal
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- Infection and Immunity
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Infection and Immunity 81 (4), 1164-1171, 2013-04
American Society for Microbiology
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1362825893265045376
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- ISSN
- 10985522
- 00199567
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- Data Source
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- Crossref