Prevalence of Escherichia coli among samples collected from the genital tract in pregnant and nonpregnant women: Relationship with virulence

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 314, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 170-173

  Guiral, Elisabet ^a   Bosch, Jordi ^a   Vila, Jordi ^a   Soto, Sara M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Genital tract; Pregnant women; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC NECROTIZING FACTOR 1; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; IRON PROTEIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; P FIMBRIAE; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; VAGINA; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

BACILLI (CLASS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 78650215107     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02160.x     Document Type: Letter

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