Identification of virulence genes in uropathogenic Escherichia coli by multiplex polymerase chain reaction and their association with infectivity in mice

Urology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 537-541

  Morin, Michelle D ^a   Hopkins, Walter J ^b  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLADDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA;

EID: 0036754292     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(02)01766-1     Document Type: Article

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