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Extended virulence genotypes of Escherichia coli strains from patients with urosepsis in relation to phylogeny and host compromise.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Johnson J R, Stell A L
Abstract excerpt
Among 75 urosepsis isolates of Escherichia coli, 29 virulence factor (VF) genes were detected by use of a novel polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay. Compared with probe hybridization, the PCR assay's specificity was 100% and sensitivity 97.1%. fyuA (yersiniabactin: overall prevalence, 93%), traT (serum resistance, 68%), and a pathogenicity-associated island marker (71%) occurred in most strains from both...
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