Escherichia coli Virulence Factors and Serotypesin Acute Bacterial Prostatitis

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 289-294

  Terai, Akito ^a   Yamamoto, Shingo ^a   Mitsumori, Kenji ^a   Okada, Yusaku ^a   Kurazono, Hisao ^a   Takeda, Yoshifumi ^a   Yoshida, Osamu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute bacterial prostatitis; Escherichia coli; Serotype; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AEROBACTIN; BACTERIAL DNA; EXOTOXIN; HEMAGGLUTININ; HYDROXAMIC ACID; MANNOSE; SIDEROPHORE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYSTITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PROSTATITIS; PYELONEPHRITIS; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; CYSTITIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; MALE; MANNOSE; PROSTATITIS; PYELONEPHRITIS; SEROTYPING; SIDEROPHORES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031134616     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1997.tb00192.x     Document Type: Article

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