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Relationship of type 1 pilus expression in Escherichia coli to ascending urinary tract infections in mice.

The role of type 1 pili and P adhesins during the in vivo growth of Escherichia coli inoculated into the urethras of BALB/c mice was studied. Strains which produced type 1 pili when grown in broth but lost this trait when grown on agar (regulated variants) were tested. Broth-grown organisms colonize...

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Main Authors: Schaeffer, A J, Schwan, W R, Hultgren, S J, Duncan, J L
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1987
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC260337/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2879794
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