Precise and Rapid Assessment of Escherichia coli Adherence to Vaginal Epithelial Cells by Flow Cytometry

Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-37

  Stapleton, Ann E ^a,b   Fennell, Cynthia L ^a   Coder, David M ^a   Wobbe, Cheryl L ^a   Roberts, Pacita L ^a   Stamm, Walter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Urinary tract infections; Vaginal epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BLADDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; URETHRA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; WILD TYPE; CLASSIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VAGINA;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VAGINA;

EID: 0344667637     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.10046     Document Type: Article

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