Escherichia coli colonizing the neurogenic bladder are similar to widespread clones causing disease in patients with normal bladder function

Spinal Cord

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 633-638

  Schlager, T A ^a,d   Johnson, J R ^b   Ouellette, L M ^c   Whittam, T S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriuria; Neurogenic bladder; Sequence types; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLADDER FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MENINGITIS; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; SEPTICEMIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIURIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CLONE CELLS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYSTITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 51349118089     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2008.60     Document Type: Article

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