Role of adhesion in pathogenicity of human uropathogenic and diarrhoeogenic Escherichia coli

Bulletin de l'Institut Pasteur

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 201-236

  Garcia, M I ^a   Le Bouguenec C ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

adhesin, Escherichia coli; pathogenicity, fimbriae, afimbrial structures, urinary tract infection, diarrhoea, human; review

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0030185102     PISSN: 00202452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-2452(97)86017-4     Document Type: Review

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