Comparison of urovirulence factors and genotypes for bacteria causing acute lobar nephronia and acute pyelonephritis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 228-232

  Cheng, Chi Hui ^a,b   Tsau, Yong Kwei ^c   Su, Lin Hui ^b,d   Lin, Chia Ling ^e   Lin, Tzou Yien ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute focal bacterial nephritis; P fimbriae adhesin; Polymerase chain reaction; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Urovirulence gene

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; SUCCIMER TC 99M; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACUTE LOBAR NEPHRONIA; ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEPHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCREENING; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEPHRITIS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 33847354746     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000254388.66367.13     Document Type: Article

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