Bacterial adherence and humoral immune response in women with symptomatic and asymptomatic urinary tract infection

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-33

  Ethel, S ^a   Bhat, G K ^a   Hegde, B M ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial adherence; Bacterial hydrophobicity; Humoral immune respone; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYMPTOM; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA EPITHELIUM;

EID: 33645506501     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 02550857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.19891     Document Type: Article

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