Terra incognito: The ureter in urinary tract infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1494-1496

  Nicolle, Lindsay E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLADDER CONTRACTION; CYSTITIS; FIM GENE; FIMH GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYELONEPHRITIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URETER; URETER PERISTALSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; URETER; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84867716588     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis558     Document Type: Note

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