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Escherichia coli virulence factors
Mainil, Jacques
2013In Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 152, p. 2-12
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Keywords :
Escherichia coli; virulence; pathotypes
Abstract :
[en] Escherichia coli was described in 1885 by a German pediatrician, Theodor Escherich, in the faeces of a child suffering diarrhoea. In 1893, a Danish veterinarian postulated that the E. coli species comprises different strains, some being pathogens, others not. Today the E. coli species is subdivided into several pathogenic strains causing different intestinal, urinary tract or internal infections and pathologies, in animal species and in humans. Since this congress topic is the interaction between E. coli and the mucosal immune system, the purpose of this manuscript is to present different classes of adhesins (fimbrial adhesins, afimbrial adhesins and outer membrane proteins), the type 3 secretion system, and some toxins (oligopeptide, AB, and RTX pore-forming toxins) produced by E. coli, that can directly interact with the epithelial cells of the intestinal, respiratory and urinary tracts.
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Mainil, Jacques ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires > Bactériologie et pathologie des maladies bactériennes
Language :
English
Title :
Escherichia coli virulence factors
Publication date :
2013
Journal title :
Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology
ISSN :
0165-2427
eISSN :
1873-2534
Publisher :
Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Volume :
152
Pages :
2-12
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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