Variations in 10 putative uropathogen virulence genes among urinary, faecal and peri-urethral Escherichia coli

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 138-142

  Marrs, Carl F ^a   Zhang, Lixin ^a   Tallman, Patricia ^a   Manning, Shannon D ^a   Somsel, Patricia ^a   Raz, Paul ^a   Colodner, Raul ^a   Jantunen, Maria E ^a   Siitonen, Anja ^a   Saxen, Harri ^a   Foxman, Betsy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; PYURIA; RECURRENT INFECTION; URETHRA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 0036169251     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-51-2-138     Document Type: Article

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