Pathogenesis of urinary tract infection: An update

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 148-152

  Mak, Robert H ^a,b   Kuo, Huey Ju ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Innate immunity; Molecular pathogenesis; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; DEFENSIN; PEPTIDE; TAMM HORSFALL GLYCOPROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INNATE IMMUNITY; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY SCAR; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHEMOKINES; CHILD; CYTOKINES; DEFENSINS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; MUCOPROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UROMODULIN;

EID: 33646509465     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mop.0000193276.39495.0d     Document Type: Review

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