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Phylogenetic and Pathotypic Comparison of Concurrent Urine and Rectal<i>Escherichia coli</i>Isolates from Men with Febrile Urinary Tract Infection
1 Aug 2005
Abstract excerpt
Among men with febrile urinary tract infection (FUTI), whether the host's fecal flora is the source for the urine strain ("fecal-urethral" hypothesis), and whether pathogenesis is driven by prevalence versus special pathogenicity, are unknown. Accordingly, pretherapy urine isolates from 65 men with FUTI were compared with concurrent rectal isolates from the same hosts according to serotype, genomic profile,...
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