Escherichia (Gram Negative Bacilli)

While many Escherichia are harmless commensals, particular strains of some species are human pathogens,[2] and are known as the most common cause of urinary tract infections,[3] significant sources of gastrointestinal disease, ranging from simple diarrhea to dysentery-like conditions,[1] as well as a wide-range of other pathogenic states.[4] While Escherichia coli is responsible for the vast majority of Escherichia-related pathogenesis, other members of the genus have also been implicated in human disease.[5][6]
[edit] See also

* E. coli O157:H7

[edit] References

1. ^ a b Madigan M; Martinko J (editors). (2005). Brock Biology of Microorganisms (11th ed.). Prentice Hall.
2. ^ Guentzel MN (1996). Escherichia, Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Serratia, Citrobacter, and Proteus. In: Baron's Medical Microbiology (Baron S et al., eds.) (4th ed.). Univ of Texas Medical Branch. (via NCBI Bookshelf) ISBN 0-9631172-1-1.
3. ^ Ronald A (2003). "The etiology of urinary tract infection: traditional and emerging pathogens". Dis Mon 49 (2): 71–82. doi:10.1016/S0011-5029(03)90001-0. PMID 12601338.
4. ^ "The Species of Escherichia other than E. coli". The Prokaryotes. http://141.150.157.117:8080/prokPUB/chaphtm/142/11_00.htm. Retrieved 2006-05-05.
5. ^ Pien FD, Shrum S, Swenson JM, Hill BC, Thornsberry C, Farmer JJ 3rd (1985). "Colonization of human wounds by Escherichia vulneris and Escherichia hermannii". J Clin Microbiol 22 (2): 283–5. PMID 3897270.
6. ^ Chaudhury A, Nath G, Tikoo A, Sanyal SC (1999). "Enteropathogenicity and antimicrobial susceptibility of new Escherichia spp". J Diarrhoeal Dis Res 17 (2): 85–7. PMID 10897892.