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Role of Escherichia coli P fimbriae in intestinal colonization in gnotobiotic rats.
Infection and immunity - 1 Dec 1995
Herías M V, Midtvedt T, Hanson L A, Wold A E
Abstract excerpt
Adherence via P fimbriae is associated with long-term persistence of Escherichia coli in the human large intestine, but a causal relationship has not been proven. In the present study, germfree rats were colonized with a mixture of two isogenic E. coli strains, one P fimbriated and the other type 1 fimbriated. Both types of fimbriae conferred adherence to rat colonic epithelial cells. With two mutant strains from...
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