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Rare emergence of symptoms during long-term asymptomatic Escherichia coli 83972 carriage without an altered virulence factor repertoire.
The Journal of urology - 1 Feb 2014
Köves Béla, Salvador Ellaine, Grönberg-Hernández Jenny, Zdziarski Jaroslaw, Wullt Björn, Svanborg Catharina, Dobrindt Ulrich
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PURPOSE: Asymptomatic bacteriuria established by intravesical inoculation of Escherichia coli 83972 is protective in patients with recurrent urinary tract infections. In this randomized, controlled crossover study a total of 3 symptomatic urinary tract infection episodes developed in 2 patients while they carried E. coli 83972. We examined whether virulence reacquisition by symptom isolates may account for the...
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