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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Escherichia coli
SUBMITTER: Viktoria Roos
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-584 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Infection and immunity 20060601 6
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are an important health problem worldwide, with many million cases each year. Escherichia coli is the most common organism causing UTIs in humans. The asymptomatic bacteriuria E. coli strain 83972 is an excellent colonizer of the human urinary tract, where it causes long-term bladder colonization. The strain has been used for prophylactic purposes in patients prone to more severe and recurrent UTIs. For this study, we used DNA microarrays to monitor the expression ...[more]