Nora DeLira-Bustillos, Uriel A Angulo-Zamudio, Nidia Leon-Sicairos, Hector Flores-Villaseñor, Jorge Velazquez-Roman, Gabriela Tapia-Pastrana, Francisco A Martínez-Villa, Rafael Velázquez-Cruz, Jorge Salmerón, Samuel Canizales-Quinteros, Adrian Canizalez-Roman
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of cyclomodulins (cdt, cnf, pks and cif) in Escherichia coli (E. coli) isolated from clinical and environmental samples, the presence of supplementary virulence genes (SVG), antibiotic resistance, and in vitro cytotoxicity. 413 E. coli were isolated from clinical (stool from obese subjects, normal weight subjects, children with diarrhea, and children without diarrhea; and urine from pregnant and non-pregnant women with urinary tract infections) and environmental (water and different foods) samples...
March 29, 2024: Microbial Pathogenesis