Children’s Mercy Kansas City

1 article published in JoVE

• Immunology and Infection

  
  Assessment of Intestinal Transcytosis of Neonatal Escherichia coli Bacteremia Isolates Adnan Islam¹, Joshua L. Wheatley², Susana Chavez-Bueno^{1,2 1}University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, ²Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children’s Mercy Kansas City Escherichia coli causes sepsis in neonates who ingest the bacteria around the time of birth. The process involved in E. coli’s ability to travel from the enteric tract to the bloodstream is poorly understood. This in vitro model assesses the ability of E. coli strains to travel through the intestinal epithelial cells.