Characteristics and prevalence within serogroup O4 of a J96-like clonal group of uropathogenic Escherichia coli O4:H5 containing the class I and class III alleles of papG

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2153-2159

  Johnson, James R ^a,f   Stapleton, Ann E ^b   Russo, Thomas A ^c   Scheutz, Flemming ^d   Brown, Jennifer J ^a   Maslow, Joel N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0030926863     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.6.2153-2159.1997     Document Type: Article

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