Bacterial colonization behaviour: A new virulence strategy in urinary infections?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 269-272

  McLean, R J C ^a   Nickel, J C ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS; SHORT SURVEY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEUS INFECTIONS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MIRABILIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0026321962     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-9877(91)90147-Q     Document Type: Article

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