Uropathogenic Escherichia coli adhere to urinary catheters without using fimbriae

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 159-162

  Reid, Gregor ^a,b   Van Der Mei, Henny C ^c   Tieszer, Christina ^a   Busscher, Henk J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

catheter; Escherichia coli; fimbria; uropathogenic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE CATHETER; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINE;

EID: 0030608499     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(96)00075-2     Document Type: Article

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