Prevalence of virulence genes in Escherichia coli strains isolated from Romanian adult urinary tract infection cases

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 303-310

  Usein, Codruta Romanita ^a   Damian, Maria ^a,d,e   Tatu Chitoiu, Dorina ^a,b,c   Capusa, Cristina ^a,d   Fagaras, Rodica ^a,d,e   Tuidorache, Daniela ^a,b,c,d,e   Nica, Maria ^a,e   Bouguénec, Chantai Le ^a  

^a CANTACUZINO INSTITUTE   (Romania)

^b CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c Prof Dr Th Burghele Hospital   (Romania)

^d Institute of Hygiene   (Romania)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; PCR; Urinary tract infections; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; ROMANIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRULENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; ROMANIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035527319     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2001.tb00164.x     Document Type: Article

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