Phylogenetic groups and virulence factors of Escherichia coli strains causing pyelonephritis in children with and without urinary tract abnormalities

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 740-742

  Houdouin, V ^a,b   Bonacorsi, S ^a   Mahjoub Messai, F ^a   Mariani Kurkdjian, P ^a   Bidet, P ^a   Sebag, G ^b   Loirat, C ^b   Bourrillon, A ^b   Bingen, Edouard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomical abnormalities; Escherichia coli; Phylogenetic groups; Pyelonephritis; Urinary tract infection; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AEROBACTIN; CYTOTOXIC NECROTIZING FACTOR 1; HEMOLYSIN; PROTEIN PAPC; PROTEIN PAPGII; PROTEIN PAPGIII; PROTEIN SFA; SALMOCHELIN; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; YERSINIABACTIN;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINE CULTURE; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34250314947     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01748.x     Document Type: Article

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