Discovery of disseminated J96-like strains of uropathogenic Escherichia coli O4:H5 containing genes for both papG(J96) (class I) and PrsG(J96) (class III) Gal(α1-4)Gal-binding adhesins

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 983-988

  Johnson, James R ^a   Russo, Thomas A ^b   Scheutz, Flemming ^b   Brown, Jennifer J ^b   Zhang, Lixin ^b   Palin, Karen ^b   Rode, Christopher ^b   Bloch, Craig ^b   Marrs, Cari F ^b   Foxman, Betsy ^b  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 16944367064     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514006     Document Type: Article

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