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Comparative Study
. 2006 Mar;44(3):1156-8.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.44.3.1156-1158.2006.

Comparative prevalence of virulence factors in Escherichia coli causing urinary tract infection in male infants with and without bacteremia

Stéphane Bonacorsi  1 , Véronique Houdouin, Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian, Farah Mahjoub-Messai, Edouard Bingen
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Comparative Study

Comparative prevalence of virulence factors in Escherichia coli causing urinary tract infection in male infants with and without bacteremia

Stéphane Bonacorsi et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Mar.

Abstract

Escherichia coli isolates causing urinary tract infection in 83 male infants younger than 90 days with and without bacteremia were compared for phylogenetic groups and the presence of 10 virulence factors. Our result suggest that the absence of both hemolysin and antigen K1 may be used as a negative predictive factor for bacteremia.

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Resophor gel showing multiplex PCR products corresponding to nine virulence genes. Lane 1, positive control DNA; lanes 2 to 8, amplification results of lysates of seven different UTI isolates.
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