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... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods > Enterobacteriaceae > Escherichia > Escherichia coli > Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli
... > Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Gammaproteobacteria > Enterobacteriaceae > Escherichia > Escherichia coli > Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli

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Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • ExPEC
  • Extraintestinal Pathogenic E. coli

Note

  • infection: coordinate with ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2017

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000072282

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