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The Asymptomatic Bacteriuria<i>Escherichia coli</i>Strain 83972 Outcompetes Uropathogenic<i>E. coli</i>Strains in Human Urine
20 Dec 2005
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli is the most common organism associated with asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU). In contrast to uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC), which causes symptomatic urinary tract infections (UTI), very little is known about the mechanisms by which these strains colonize the human urinary tract. The prototype ABU E. coli strain 83972 was originally isolated from a girl who had carried it asymptomatically for 3...
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