The Bacterial Amyloid Curli Is Associated with Urinary Source Bloodstream Infection

Urinary tract infections are the most common cause of E. coli bloodstream infections (BSI) but the mechanism of bloodstream invasion is poorly understood. Some clinical isolates have been observed to shield themselves with extracellular amyloid fibers called curli at physiologic temperature. We hypo...

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Autores principales: Hung, Chia, Marschall, Jonas, Burnham, Carey-Ann D., Byun, Albert S., Henderson, Jeffrey P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3896446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24465838
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086009

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3896446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24465838
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086009

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