Virulence properties of uropathogenetic bacteria;Virulenzmerkmale uropathogener Bakterien

Nieren- und Hochdruckkrankheiten

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 537-540

  Hacker, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

adherence; Escherichia coli; global regulation; urinary tract infection; uropathogenicity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0029823373     PISSN: 03005224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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