The IrgA homologue adhesin Iha is an Escherichia coli virulence factor in murine urinary tract infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 965-971

  Johnson, James R ^a   Jelacic, Srdjan ^b   Schoening, Laura M ^b   Clabots, Connie ^a   Shaikh, Nurmohammad ^c   Mobley, Harry L T ^d   Tarr, Phillip I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; IRON REGULATED GENE HOMOLOGUE ADHESIN; IRON REGULATED GENE HOMOLOGUE ADHESIN CFT 073; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; DELETION MUTANT; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI CFT 073; ESCHERICHIA COLI ORN 172; ESCHERICHIA COLI UPEC 76; FECES CULTURE; FIMBRIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PYELONEPHRITIS; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; ANIMALS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 12844279974     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.2.965-971.2005     Document Type: Article

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