Detection of virulence genes in Escherichia coli isolated from patients with cystitis and pyelonephritis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 219-222

  Firoozeh, Farzaneh ^a   Saffari, Mahmood ^a   Neamati, Foroogh ^a   Zibaei, Mohammad ^b  

^a KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ALBORZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cystitis; Pyelonephritis; Uropathogenic Escherichia coli; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CYSTITIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYELONEPHRITIS; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY; VIRULENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PYELONEPHRITIS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911112740     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.03.1393     Document Type: Article

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