Multimodal Imaging Reveals Spatial Host-Pathogen Microenvironments in Escherichia coli Meningoencephalitis
Dominika Luptáková, Tereza Juříková, Oldřích Benada, Gabriela Lokočová, Helena Marešová, Hynek Mácha, Jiří Houšť, Kateřina Dvořáková Bendová, Miroslav Popper, Miloš Petřík, Andrea Palyzová, Lukáš Kučera, E. N. Biryukova, Jiří Novák, Vladimı́r Havlı́ček
Rat E. coli meningoencephalitis maps into ventricular, meningeal and perivascular niches: biofilm-like aggregates, aerobactin and salmochelin signals, calprotectin, neutrophil peptides, reduced proenkephalin peptides, with some markers recoverable in CSF.
bioRxiv · Jul 31, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience✦ In-depth digest