Defined mutants of Proteus mirabilis lacking flagella cause ascending urinary tract infection in mice

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 395-405

  Legnani Fajardo, Carmen ^a   Zunino, Pablo ^a   Piccini, Claudia ^a   Allen, Andrew ^b   Maskell, Duncan ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ascending urinary infection; flagella; isogenic mutants; Proteus mirabilis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLAGELLUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MIRABILIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

EID: 0030298551     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1996.0070     Document Type: Article

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