Virulence factors and O groups of Escherichia coli isolates from patients with acute pyelonephritis, cystitis and asymptomatic bacteriuria

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-198

  Blanco, Miguel ^a   Blanco, Jesús E ^a   Alonso, M Pilar ^b   Blanco, Jorge ^a  

^a Universidade de Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

^b Unidade de Microbioloxia   (Spain)

Author keywords

E. coli; Pathogenicity; Toxins; UTI; Virulence

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIURIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYELONEPHRITIS; SEROTYPING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0029989699     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00145506     Document Type: Article

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