Virulence factors and biofilm production among Escherichia coli strains causing bacteraemia of urinary tract origin

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1329-1334

  Rijavec, Matija ^a   Müller Premru, Manca ^a   Zakotnik, Breda ^b   Žgur Bertok, Darja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVENIA; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTEREMIA; BIOFILMS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 55549130785     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/002543-0     Document Type: Article

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