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Innate immunity and genetic determinants of urinary tract infection susceptibility.
Current opinion in infectious diseases - 1 Feb 2015
Godaly Gabriela, Ambite Ines, Svanborg Catharina
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common, dangerous and interesting. Susceptible individuals experience multiple, often clustered episodes, and in a subset of patients, infections progress to acute pyelonephritis (APN), sometimes accompanied by uro-sepsis. Others develop asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU). Here, we review the molecular basis for these differences, with the intention to...
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