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M Lichodziejewska1, N Topley, R Steadman, R K Mackenzie, K V Jones, J D Williams.
Abstract
Fresh urinary isolates were examined by immunofluorescence with polyclonal rabbit antibodies against type 1 and P fimbriae. This procedure showed P-fimbriate Escherichia coli in 22 of 24 samples from patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria, 24 of 26 samples from patients with cystitis, and 6 of 6 samples from patients with pyelonephritis. Type 1 fimbriae were expressed by less than 40% of isolates in all three groups. There was no relation between the presence of symptoms or the site of infection and fimbrial expression, of P or type 1, by bacteria adherent to freshly isolated uroepithelial cells.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2567430 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(89)90125-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN: 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321