Presence of Putative Repeat-in-Toxin Gene tosA in Escherichia coli Predicts Successful Colonization of the Urinary Tract

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) strains, which cause the majority of uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs), carry a unique assortment of virulence or fitness genes. However, no single defining set of virulence or fitness genes has been found in all strains of UPEC, making the different...

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Autores principales: Vigil, Patrick D., Stapleton, Ann E., Johnson, James R., Hooton, Thomas M., Hodges, Andrew P., He, Yongqun, Mobley, Harry L. T.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3088117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21540363
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00066-11

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3088117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21540363
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00066-11

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