Characterization of AfaE adhesins produced by extraintestinal and intestinal human escherichia coli isolates: PCR assays for detection of afa adhesins that do or do not recognize Dr blood group antigens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1738-1745

  Le Bouguenec C ^a   Lalioui, L ^a   Du Merle, L ^a   Jouve, M ^a   Courcoux, P ^a   Bouzari, S ^a   Selvarangan, R ^a   Nowicki, B J ^a   Germani, Y ^a   Andremont, A ^a   Gounon, P ^a   Garcia, M I ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN AFA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYELONEPHRITIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEPSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD55; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; CHILD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL DISEASES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0035021822     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.5.1738-1745.2001     Document Type: Article

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