Tropism in bacterial infections: Urinary tract infections

Journal of Urology

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1552-1559

  Roberts, James A ^a,b  

^a TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial; Escherichia coli; pili; urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CYSTITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYELONEPHRITIS; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0029958471     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65446-6     Document Type: Review

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