Article
Establishment of three categories of P-fimbriated Escherichia coli strains that show different toxic phenotypes and belong to particular O serogroups.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Dec 1992
Blanco J, Alonso M P, Blanco M, Blanco J E, González E A, Garabal J I
Abstract excerpt
Eight hundred and nineteen strains of Escherichia coli isolated in Spain between 1986 and 1991 from extraintestinal infections and feces of healthy controls were investigated for expression of P-fimbriae using a particle agglutination test. Among strains causing urinary tract infections, sepsis and other extraintestinal infections, P-fimbriae were found in 31% (130/420) (P < 0.001), 25% (30/118) (P < 0.001) and...
Topics
- Bacterial Toxins
- Binding Sites
- Carbohydrate Sequence
- Cytotoxins
- Disaccharides
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Fimbriae, Bacterial
- Hemagglutination Tests
- Hemolysin Factors