Abstract
Escherichia coli isolates of serotype O18:K1:H7, taken from women with acute cystitis, healthy control patients, and infants with neonatal bacterial meningitis (NBM), were analyzed and were compared with phylogenetically diverse control strains from the E. coli Reference collection. Clonal relationships were defined by amplification phylotyping, nicotinamide auxotrophy, and outer membrane protein patterns (OMPs). Virulence factor profiles were determined by multiplex polymerase chain reaction, probe hybridization, and hemagglutination testing. The O18:K1:H7 cystitis, fecal, and NBM isolates were clonally derived. The cystitis isolates and archetypal NBM isolates RS218 and C5 were from the OMP6 subclone of E. coli O18:K1:H7 and exhibited a consensus virulence genotype that included pap G allele III (cystitis-associated P fimbrial adhesin), sfaS (S fimbrial adhesin), hlyA (hemolysin), cnf1 (cytotoxic necrotizing factor), iroN (putative siderophore), and ibeA (invasion of brain endothelium). The demonstrated commonality between O18:K1:H7 isolates from cystitis and NBM suggests common pathogenetic mechanisms and the possibility of new approaches to prevention.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 425-434 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| Volume | 183 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1 2001 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Received 21 August 2000; revised 30 October 2000; electronically published 20 December 2000. Financial support: Veterans Affairs Merit Review and National Institutes of Health grant DK-47504 (J.R.J.). a Present affiliation: University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis. Reprints or correspondence: Dr. James R. Johnson, Infectious Diseases (111F), VA Medical Center, One Veterans Dr., Minneapolis, MN 55417 (johns007@tc.umn.edu).
