Biofilm formation of Klebsiella pneumoniae on urethral catheters requires either type 1 or type 3 fimbriae

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 350-359

  Stahlhut, Steen G ^a   Struve, Carsten ^a   Krogfelt, Karen A ^a   Reisner, Andreas ^b  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b University of Applied Sciences   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biofilm; CAUTI; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Type 1 fimbriae; Type 3 fimbriae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TYPE 1 FIMBRIAE; TYPE 3 FIMBRIAE; URETHRAL CATHETER; WILD TYPE;

BIOFILMS; CATHETERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; URINE;

EID: 84862668535     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2012.00965.x     Document Type: Article

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