Patient's UPEC isolates fim+/pap- only correlated with low UTI whereas pyelonephritis isolates were fim+/pap+

Kidney International

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1289-

  Rodriguez Pastrana, A F ^a   Lopez Saucedo, C ^b   Salazar Exaire, D ^c   Estrada Garcia, T ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CNF1 GENE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSURIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FIMA GENE; FIMBRIA; FLANK PAIN; HLYA GENE; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; NONHUMAN; PAPC GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; SYMPTOM; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 35848930819     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5002509     Document Type: Letter

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