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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Escherichia coli
SUBMITTER: Rebecca Watts
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-2298 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Journal of clinical microbiology 20100505 7
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common infectious diseases of humans, with Escherichia coli being responsible for >80% of all cases. Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU) occurs when bacteria colonize the urinary tract without causing clinical symptoms and can affect both catheterized patients (catheter-associated ABU [CA-ABU]) and noncatheterized patients. Here, we compared the virulence properties of a collection of ABU and CA-ABU nosocomial E. coli isolates in terms of antibiotic ...[more]