Article
papG alleles of Escherichia coli strains causing first-episode or recurrent acute cystitis in adult women.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 1998
Johnson J R, Russo T A, Brown J J, Stapleton A
Abstract excerpt
The distribution of the three alleles of the P adhesin gene papG (classes I-III) was assessed among 74 Escherichia coli urine isolates from women with first-episode or recurrent cystitis, and papG genotype was compared with clinical origin, O serogroup, agglutination of Gal(alpha1-4)Gal-coated la...
Topics
- Adhesins, Escherichia coli
- Adult
- Agglutination
- Alleles
- Cystitis
- DNA, Bacterial
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Erythrocytes
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Female
- Fimbriae Proteins
- Galactose
- Genes, Bacterial
- Hemolysin Proteins
- Humans
- O Antigens
- Recurrence