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Infection and Immunity, April 2006, p. 2196-2206, Vol. 74, No. 4
0019-9567/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.74.4.2196-2206.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Genomic Comparison of Escherichia coli K1 Strains Isolated from the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients with Meningitis {dagger}

Yufeng Yao, Yi Xie, and Kwang Sik Kim*

Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 600 North Wolfe St., Park 256, Baltimore, Maryland 21287

Received 7 October 2005/ Returned for modification 17 November 2005/ Accepted 27 January 2006

Escherichia coli is a major cause of enteric/diarrheal diseases, urinary tract infections, and sepsis. E. coli K1 is the leading gram-negative organism causing neonatal meningitis, but the microbial basis of E. coli K1 meningitis is incompletely understood. Here we employed comparative genomic hybridization to investigate 11 strains of E. coli K1 isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with meningitis. These 11 strains cover the majority of common O serotypes in E. coli K1 isolates from CSF. Our data demonstrated that these 11 strains of E. coli K1 can be categorized into two groups based on their profile for putative virulence factors, lipoproteins, proteases, and outer membrane proteins. Of interest, we showed that some open reading frames (ORFs) encoding the type III secretion system apparatus were found in group 2 strains but not in group 1 strains, while ORFs encoding the general secretory pathway are predominant in group 1 strains. These findings suggest that E. coli K1 strains isolated from CSF can be divided into two groups and these two groups of E. coli K1 may utilize different mechanisms to induce meningitis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287. Phone: (410) 614-3917. Fax: (410) 614-1491. E-mail: kwangkim{at}jhmi.edu.

Editor: F. C. Fang

{dagger} Supplemental material for this article may be found at http://iai.asm.org/.

Infection and Immunity, April 2006, p. 2196-2206, Vol. 74, No. 4
0019-9567/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.74.4.2196-2206.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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