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Virulence potential of Escherichia coli strains causing asymptomatic bacteriuria during pregnancy

Published inJournal of clinical microbiology, vol. 49, no. 11, p. 3950-3953
Publication date2011
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
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. 3950–3953. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00892-11
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