Prevalence and associations of tcpC, a gene encoding a Toll/interleukin-1 receptor domain-containing protein, among Escherichia coli urinary tract infection, skin and soft tissue infection, and commensal isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 966-968

  Erjavec, Marjanca Starčič ^a   Jesenko, Blaž ^a   Petkovšek, Živa ^a   Žgur Bertok, Darja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR ADAPTOR MOLECULE 1; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMENSAL ESCHERICHIA COLI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TCPC GENE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77749255796     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01227-09     Document Type: Article

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