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Urovirulence Determinants inEscherichia coliStrains Causing Prostatitis
1 Aug 1997
Abstract excerpt
To define the urovirulence properties of Escherichia coli strains producing prostatitis, E. coli strains isolated from men with acute (7 strains) or chronic (23) prostatitis were compared with E. coli isolates from women with pyelonephritis (30), acute cystitis (60), or complicated urinary tract infection (UTI; 30). Strains from prostatitis patients were significantly more likely to express hemolysin than were...
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