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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Escherichia coli
SUBMITTER: Viktoria Hancock
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-926 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Hancock Viktoria V Klemm Per P
Infection and immunity 20061204 2
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is an important health problem worldwide, with many millions of cases each year, and Escherichia coli is the most common organism causing UTI in humans. Also, E. coli is responsible for most infections in patients with chronic indwelling bladder catheter. The two asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU) E. coli strains 83972 and VR50 are significantly better biofilm formers in their natural growth medium, human urine, than the two uropathogenic E. coli isolates CFT073 and 536 ...[more]