Abstract
We describe one case of late-onset neonatal Escherichia coli meningitis associated with urinary tract infection. Two genotypic methods revealed that the E. coli isolates obtained from blood, feces, and cerebrospinal fluid shared the same pattern, which was different from the unique pattern obtained for the isolates recovered from the urine and the tracheal aspirate. Our study supports passage of bacteria through the gastrointestinal mucosa to the bloodstream as the initial event, with subsequent meningeal localization.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Bacterial Typing Techniques
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Base Sequence
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Escherichia coli Infections / blood
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Escherichia coli Infections / cerebrospinal fluid
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Escherichia coli Infections / complications
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Escherichia coli Infections / etiology*
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn
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Male
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Meningitis, Bacterial / complications
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Meningitis, Bacterial / etiology*
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Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
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Urinary Tract Infections / complications
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Urinary Tract Infections / microbiology