Escherichia coli in bacteremia: O-acetylated K1 strains appear to be more virulent than non-O-acetylated K1 strains.

A total of 174 blood isolates of Escherichia coli, collected during a 5-year period at the University Hospital Utrecht, were serotyped with rabbit sera against 171 O antigens and 73 capsule (K) antigens. The four most prevalent O-antigen serotypes were O6 (n = 22), O18 (n = 19), O1 (n = 19), and O2...

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Published in:J Clin Microbiol
Main Authors: Frasa, H, Procee, J, Torensma, R, Verbruggen, A, Algra, A, Rozenberg-Arska, M, Kraaijeveld, K, Verhoef, J
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 1993
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC266371/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7508454/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.31.12.3174-3178.1993
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