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Virulence potential of Escherichia coli strains causing asymptomatic bacteriuria during pregnancy |
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Published in | Journal of clinical microbiology. 2011, vol. 49, no. 11, p. 3950-3 | |
Abstract | We compared the virulence properties of a collection of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU) Escherichia coli strains to urinary tract infection (UTI) strains isolated from pregnant women in a university hospital over 1 year. The in vitro and in vivo studies suggest that ABU strains presented a virulence behavior similar to that of strains isolated from cases of cystitis. | |
Keywords | Adult — Asymptomatic Infections — Bacteriuria/microbiology — Escherichia coli/genetics/isolation & purification/pathogenicity — Escherichia coli Infections/microbiology — Escherichia coli Proteins/genetics — Female — Humans — Pregnancy — Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/microbiology — Prospective Studies — Urinary Tract Infections/microbiology — Virulence — Virulence Factors/genetics | |
Identifiers | DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00892-11 PMID: 21918033 | |
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Research group | Epidémiologie clinique (115) | |
Citation (ISO format) | LAVIGNE, Jean-Philippe et al. Virulence potential of Escherichia coli strains causing asymptomatic bacteriuria during pregnancy. In: Journal of clinical microbiology, 2011, vol. 49, n° 11, p. 3950-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00892-11 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:28875 |