Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27223820›Full record

ReviewEcoSal Plus2016

Human Meningitis-Associated Escherichia coli.

Kwang Sik Kim

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Review in EcoSal Plus, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
61citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

61 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Whole-Genome Sequencing ofMicroorganisms · 2026
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  6. Molecular Diagnosis of Bacterial Meningitis in Ethiopia: A Narrative Review of Current Evidence and Implementation Gaps.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2026
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  15. Short-sighted evolution of virulence for invasive gut microbes: From hypothesis to tests.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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1 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Kwang Sik KimDivision of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287.

Funding

PATHOGENESIS OF NEONATAL MENINGITISR01NS026310 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI KIM, KWANG S · 1988 to 2008
$3.6M
Leukotrienes and blood-brain barrierR01AI084984 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI KIM, KWANG S · 2010 to 2014
$2.0M
Host factors and bacterial meningitisR01NS091102 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI KIM, KWANG S · 2015 to 2019
$1.8M
Bacterial penetration of the blood-brain barrierR21AI114925 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI KIM, KWANG S · 2015 to 2016
$446k
E. coli penetration of the blood-brain barrierR21AI113273 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI KIM, KWANG S · 2016 to 2017
$446k
Pathogenesis of Cryptococcal CNS infectionR21NS094012 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI KIM, KWANG S · 2015 to 2016
$446k
E. coli invasion of brain endothelial cellsR56NS026310 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI KIM, KWANG S · 2009 to 2009
$410k
Pathogenesis of bacterial meningitisR21AI126176 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI KIM, KWANG S · 2016 to 2017
$365k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI084984NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI113273NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI114925NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI126176NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS026310NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS091102NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS094012NINDS NIH HHS R56 NS026310
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Escherichia coli is the most common Gram-negative bacillary organism causing meningitis, and E. coli meningitis continues to be an important cause of mortality and morbidity throughout the world. Our incomplete knowledge of its pathogenesis contributes to such mortality and morbidity. Recent reports of E. coli strains producing CTX-M-type or TEM-type extended-spectrum β-lactamases create a challenge. Studies using in vitro and in vivo models of the blood-brain barrier have shown that E. coli meningitis follows a high degree of bacteremia and invasion of the blood-brain barrier. E. coli invasion of the blood-brain barrier, the essential step in the development of E. coli meningitis, requires specific microbial and host factors as well as microbe- and host-specific signaling molecules. Blockade of such microbial and host factors contributing to E. coli invasion of the blood-brain barrier is shown to be efficient in preventing E. coli penetration into the brain. The basis for requiring a high degree of bacteremia for E. coli penetration of the blood-brain barrier, however, remains unclear. Continued investigation on the microbial and host factors contributing to a high degree of bacteremia and E. coli invasion of the blood-brain barrier is likely to identify new targets for prevention and therapy of E. coli meningitis.

Indexed as

AnimalsBacteremiabeta-LactamasesBlood-Brain BarrierBrainEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansMeningitis, Escherichia coliMiceModels, AnimalRatsbeta-LactamasesEscherichia coli Proteins

Identifiers

PMID27223820
PMCPMC4881430

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