Analysis of the F antigen-specific papA alleles of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli using a novel multiplex PCR-based assay

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1587-1599

  Johnson, James R ^a,e   Stell, Adam L ^a   Scheutz, Flemming ^b   O'Bryan, Timothy T ^a   Russo, Thomas A ^c   Carlino, Ulrike B ^c   Fasching, Claudine ^a   Kavle, Justine ^a   Van Dijk, Linda ^d   Gaastra, Wim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEROTYPING; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033955941     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.3.1587-1599.2000     Document Type: Article

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