Virulence determinants of uropathogenic Escherichia coli in fecal strains from intestinal infections and healthy individuals

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 243-248

  Kuhar, Irena ^a   Grabnar, Miklavž ^a   Žgur Bertok, Darja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Intestinal strain; Urovirulence

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COLICIN; HEMOLYSIN; KANAMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE;

ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOCIN PLASMIDS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; PLASMIDS; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032527841     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00219-5     Document Type: Article

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