Article
Escherichia coli in patients with renal scarring: genotype and phenotype of Gal alpha 1-4Gal beta-, Forssman- and mannose-specific adhesins.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Jan 1991
Plos K, Lomberg H, Hull S, Johansson I, Svanborg C
Abstract excerpt
The frequency of Escherichia coli with Gal alpha 1-4Gal beta-specific adhesins is reduced among children who develop renal scars. The adhesion-negative phenotype may be due to the absence of the pap DNA sequences which encode these adhesins or to a phase variation event induced by in vitro culture. In the present study the frequency of pap and pil homologous DNA was determined by dot blot analysis with probes...
Topics
- Acute Disease
- Adhesins, Escherichia coli
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Child
- DNA Probes
- DNA, Bacterial
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Female