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Correlation between blood group phenotype and virulence properties of Escherichia coli in patients with chronic urinary tract infection.
International journal of antimicrobial agents - 1 Sept 2004
Ziegler T, Jacobsohn N, Fünfstück R
Abstract excerpt
A predisposition to urinary tract infection (UTI) is associated with the expression of P1 as well as the presence of ABO blood group antigen on the boundary layer and with the secretor state. Infectious microorganisms interfere with specific molecules on epithelial cells, these are antigens of the P and ABO blood group system. The blood group phenotype was examined in 53 women (age 42 +/- 12 years) with chronic...
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