Relationship between o serotype and virulent genes in Escherichia coli causing urinary tract infections

Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 234-237

  Emamghorashi, Fatemeh ^a   Farshad, Shohreh ^b   Kalani, Mehdi ^b  

^a JAHROM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cystitis; Escherichia coli; O antigens; Pyelonephritis; Serotyping; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC NECROTIZING FACTOR 1; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; O ANTIGEN; O1 ANTIGEN; O6 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHILD; CNF1 GENE; CYSTITIS; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENOTYPE; HLY GENE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAP GENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PYELONEPHRITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; SFA GENE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEROTYPING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE;

EID: 79959837766     PISSN: 17358582     EISSN: 17358604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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