Escherichia coli isolates associated with uncomplicated and complicated cystitis and asymptomatic bacteriuria possess similar phylogenies, virulence genes, and O-serogroup profiles

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4589-4592

  Takahashi, Akira ^a   Kanamaru, Sojun ^a   Kurazono, Hisao ^b   Kunishima, Yasuharu ^c   Tsukamoto, Taiji ^c   Ogawa, Osamu ^a   Yamamoto, Shingo ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPLICATED CYSTITIS; CYSTITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IHA GENE; NONHUMAN; OMPT GENE; PAI GENE; PAP GENE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; UNCOMPLICATED CYSTITIS;

BACTERIURIA; CYSTITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33845573134     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02070-06     Document Type: Article

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