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Prevalence of virulence factors and phylogenetic characterization of uropathogenic Escherichia coli causing urinary tract infection in patients with and without diabetes mellitus.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Dec 2015
Harwalkar Anandkumar, Gupta Soham, Rao Achyut, Srinivasa Hiresave
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We aimed to determine the virulence factor profile and phylogenetic grouping of uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) causing urinary tract infection (UTI) in patients with and without diabetes mellitus (DM). METHODS: A total of 280 UPEC were collected from the urine samples of patients with DM (n=126) and patients suffering from non-DM UTIs (n=154). All isolates were subjected to phenotypic and...
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