Article
Urovirulence determinants in Escherichia coli isolates causing first-episode and recurrent cystitis in women.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Apr 1991
Stapleton A, Moseley S, Stamm W E
Abstract excerpt
To assess the prevalence of urovirulence determinants among Escherichia coli isolates from women with acute uncomplicated cystitis, 121 isolates from 87 women with first-episode or recurrent cystitis and 156 fecal isolates from 52 women without recent urinary tract infection were tested using DNA probes for P fimbriae, hemolysin, aerobactin, and diffuse adhesin and for expression of hemolysin and P and F...
Topics
- Acute Disease
- Adhesins, Escherichia coli
- Adult
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Cystitis
- DNA Probes
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Female
- Fimbriae, Bacterial
