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Persistence of Escherichia coli bacteriuria is not determined by bacterial adherence
1 Sept 1991
Abstract excerpt
The role of bacterial adherence in the persistence of bacteria in the human urinary tract was analyzed. Women with chronic symptomatic urinary tract infections were subjected to deliberate colonization with nonvirulent Escherichia coli, after eradication of their current infections. E. coli organisms were instilled into the bladder through a catheter. The strain used for colonization, E. coli 83972, was isolated...
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