Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli
"Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D000072282
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.450.425.325.300.580 B03.660.250.150.180.100.580
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