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Virulence factors and pap genotype in Escherichia coli isolates from women with acute pyelonephritis, with or without bacteremia.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Sept 1993
Otto G, Sandberg T, Marklund B I, Ulleryd P, Svanborg C
Abstract excerpt
Bacteremia develops in a subgroup of patients with acute pyelonephritis. This study examined isolates of Escherichia coli from the urine and the blood of 25 bacteremic and 67 nonbacteremic women with this acute disease. P-fimbriated strains were found in 100% of bacteremic patients without complicating factors but in only 71% of nonbacteremic patients without complications (P < .05). Non-P-fimbriated strains were...
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