Detection of pap-, sfa- and afa-Specific DNA sequences in Escherichia coli strains isolated from extraintestinal material

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 723-726

  Bogyiova E ^a   Kmetova M ^a   Biros E ^b   Siegfried, L ^a  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CYSTITIS; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PYELONEPHRITIS; VIRULENCE;

ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; ADULT; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTITIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYELONEPHRITIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0037516737     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02818678     Document Type: Article

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