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SUBMITTER: Ciesielczuk H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4601332 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ciesielczuk Holly H Betts Jonathon J Phee Lynnette L Doumith Michel M Hope Russell R Woodford Neil N Wareham David W DW
Virulence 20150101 2
Extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) are a significant cause of urinary tract infections and bacteraemia worldwide. Currently no single virulence factor or ExPEC lineage has been identified as the sole contributor to severe extra-intestinal infection and/or urosepsis. Galleria mellonella has recently been established as a simple model for studying the comparative virulence of ExPEC. In this study we investigated the virulence of 40 well-characterized ExPEC strains, in G. mellonel ...[more]