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Decreased predominance of papG class II allele in Escherichia coli strains isolated from adults with acute pyelonephritis and urinary tract abnormalities.
The Journal of urology - 1 Nov 2001
Tseng C C, Huang J J, Ko W C, Yan J J, Wu J J
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PURPOSE: We compared the genotypes of fimbriae or adhesions of Escherichia coli causing acute pyelonephritis in adults with and without urinary tract abnormalities. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We studied a total of 92 E. coli strains isolated from 54 patients with acute pyelonephritis and a normal urinary tract, and 38 with urinary tract abnormalities. Of those with urinary tract abnormalities 13 with moderate to...
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