Visualization of Proteus mirabilis morphotypes in the urinary tract: The elongated swarmer cell is rarely observed in ascending urinary tract infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3607-3613

  Jansen, Angela M ^a   Lockatell, C Virginia ^a   Johnson, David E ^a,b   Mobley, Harry L T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLADDER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FIMBRIA; KIDNEY; MORPHOTYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; URETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; URETER; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0038443039     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.6.3607-3613.2003     Document Type: Article

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