Molecular characterization of the Escherichia coli asymptomatic bacteriuria strain 83972: The taming of a pathogen

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 781-785

  Klemm, Per ^a   Roos, Viktoria ^a   Ulett, Glen C ^b   Svanborg, Catharina ^c   Schembri, Mark A ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLADDER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI 83972; FIMBRIA; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; NONHUMAN; P FIMBRIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TYPE 1 FIMBRIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIURIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 29644436776     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.1.781-785.2006     Document Type: Article

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