Presence of Putative Repeat-in-Toxin Gene <italic toggle="yes">tosA</italic> in <named-content content-type="genus-species">Escherichia coli</named-content> Predicts Successful Colonization of the Urinary Tract

Presence of Putative Repeat-in-Toxin Gene <italic toggle="yes">tosA</italic> in <named-content content-type="genus-species">Escherichia coli</named-content> Predicts Successful Colonization of the Urinary Tract

ABSTRACT Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) strains, which cause the majority of uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs), carry a unique assortment of virulence or fitness genes. However, no single defining set of virulence or fitness genes has been found in all strains of UPEC, making the...

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Autores principales: Patrick D. Vigil, Ann E. Stapleton, James R. Johnson, Thomas M. Hooton, Andrew P. Hodges, Yongqun He, Harry L. T. Mobley
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Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2011
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