Dr operon-associated invasiveness of Escherichia coli from pregnant patients with pyelonephritis

Authors
Goluszko, P Niesel, D Nowicki, B Selvarangan, R Nowicki, S Hart, A Pawelczyk, E Das, M Urvil, P Hasan, R
Citation
P. Goluszko et al., Dr operon-associated invasiveness of Escherichia coli from pregnant patients with pyelonephritis, INFEC IMMUN, 69(7), 2001, pp. 4678-4680
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology
Journal title
INFECTION AND IMMUNITY
ISSN journal
00199567 → ACNP
Volume
69
Issue
7
Year of publication
2001
Pages
4678 - 4680
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-9567(200107)69:7<4678:DOIOEC>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
We used a gentamicin protection assay to assess the ability of gestational pyelonephritis isolates of Escherichia call to invade HeLa cells. The abili ty to enter HeLa cells was strongly associated with the presence of Dr oper ons coding for Dr adhesins, In contrast, the nonivasive isolates predominan tly expressed papG, coding for P fimbriae.