Variable adherence to normal human urinary-tract epithelial cells of Escherichia coli strains associated with various forms of urinary-tract infection
CS Edén, U Jodal, LA Hanson, U Lindberg… - The Lancet, 1976 - Elsevier
CS Edén, U Jodal, LA Hanson, U Lindberg, AS Åkerlund
The Lancet, 1976•ElsevierThe ability to become attached to normal epithelial cells from the urinary tract was much
greater in Escherichia coli bacteria isolated from the urine of patients with acute symptomatic
pyelonephritis or cystitis than in those isolated from the urine of patients with asymptomatic
bacteriuria. Attachment of the bacteria could be prevented by incubation in urine containing
antibodies against the strain tested. The ability to attach to uroepithelial cells might be a
virulence factor for E. coli strains which cause symptomatic urinary-tract infection.
greater in Escherichia coli bacteria isolated from the urine of patients with acute symptomatic
pyelonephritis or cystitis than in those isolated from the urine of patients with asymptomatic
bacteriuria. Attachment of the bacteria could be prevented by incubation in urine containing
antibodies against the strain tested. The ability to attach to uroepithelial cells might be a
virulence factor for E. coli strains which cause symptomatic urinary-tract infection.
Abstract
The ability to become attached to normal epithelial cells from the urinary tract was much greater in Escherichia coli bacteria isolated from the urine of patients with acute symptomatic pyelonephritis or cystitis than in those isolated from the urine of patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria. Attachment of the bacteria could be prevented by incubation in urine containing antibodies against the strain tested. The ability to attach to uroepithelial cells might be a virulence factor for E. coli strains which cause symptomatic urinary-tract infection.
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