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Relationship between Escherichia coli strains causing urinary tract infection in women and the dominant faecal flora of the same hosts
26 Jan 2006
Abstract excerpt
To clarify whether prevalence or special pathogenicity is more important in determining urinary tract infection (UTI) causation, we compared the biotype, phylogenetic group, and virulence genes of Escherichia coli urine strains from 11 women with acute lower UTI with those of the host's dominant intestinal E. coli strain(s). Twenty-one unique E. coli clones were identified. For three women, the single faecal...
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