Role of Escherichia coli P fimbriae in intestinal colonization in gnotobiotic rats.

doi:10.1128/iai.63.12.4781-4789.1995

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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...

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Animals
Bacterial Adhesion
Epithelium
Escherichia coli
Female
Fimbriae, Bacterial
Germ-Free Life
Humans
Intestines
Male
Mutation
Neutrophils
Rats

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