Escherichia coli causing meningitis in an adult: A case report and experimental characterization of its virulence

Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed). 2019 Jun-Jul;37(6):418-419. doi: 10.1016/j.eimc.2018.06.002. Epub 2018 Jul 6.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

Rafael Ayerbe Algaba¹, Rocio Álvarez-Marín¹, Julia Praena¹, Younes Smani²

Affiliations

¹ Clinic Unit of Infectious Diseases, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine of Seville, IBiS, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/University of Seville, Spain.
² Clinic Unit of Infectious Diseases, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine of Seville, IBiS, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/University of Seville, Spain. Electronic address: y_smani@hotmail.com.

PMID: 30115543
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2018.06.002

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Escherichia coli / pathogenicity*
Humans
Male
Meningitis, Escherichia coli / microbiology*
Middle Aged
Virulence