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Role of special pathogenicity versus prevalence theory in pathogenesis of acute cystitis caused by Escherichia coli.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Aug 2014
Srivastava Richa, Agarwal Jyotsna, Srivastava Sugandha, Mishra Bharti
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli is the most common pathogen causing acute cystitis in sexually active women. Human faeces are generally considered the primary reservoir for infection and the faecal-perineal-urethral pathway is the accepted route of infection. Two theories have been proposed for the pathogenesis of acute cystitis: (1) special pathogenicity, where uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) encoding special virulence factors...
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