Virulence properties of Escherichia coli 83972, a prototype strain associated with asymptomatic bacteriuria

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 429-432

  Hull, Richard A ^a,c   Rudy, Delbert C ^b   Donovan, William H ^a,c   Wieser, Inge E ^a   Stewart, Colleen ^c   Darouiche, Rabih O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; BACTERIURIA; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0032919350     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.1.429-432.1999     Document Type: Article

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