Preconceptual Priming Overrides Susceptibility to Escherichia coli Systemic Infection during Pregnancy

Nina Salinger Prasanphanich; Emily J. Gregory; John J. Erickson; Hilary Miller-Handley; Jeremy M. Kinder; Sing Sing Way

doi:10.1128/mBio.00002-21

mBio (Feb 2021)

Preconceptual Priming Overrides Susceptibility to Escherichia coli Systemic Infection during Pregnancy

Nina Salinger Prasanphanich,
Emily J. Gregory,
John J. Erickson,
Hilary Miller-Handley,
Jeremy M. Kinder,
Sing Sing Way

Affiliations

Nina Salinger Prasanphanich: Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Inflammation and Tolerance, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Emily J. Gregory: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
John J. Erickson: Division of Neonatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Hilary Miller-Handley: Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Inflammation and Tolerance, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Jeremy M. Kinder: Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Inflammation and Tolerance, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Sing Sing Way: ORCiD; Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Inflammation and Tolerance, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00002-21
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1

Abstract

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Pregnancy makes women especially vulnerable to infection. The most common cause of bloodstream infection during pregnancy is by a bacterium called Escherichia coli

Published in mBio

ISSN: 2161-2129 (Print); 2150-7511 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/mbio

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