title: [Alpha-hemolytic strains of Escherichia coli isolated in urinary tract infections in small children].
abstract: The authors focused attention on testing of biological properties of alpha-haemolytic strains of E. coli in infections of the urinary pathways in children and on the antibody response against alpha-haemolysin. The strains belonged into serogroups 02, 04, 06, 018, 075, 0112. The majority of strains had fimrial adhesins, i.e. P fimbriae, or fimbriae type 1. Alpha-haemolysin one of the factors of UPEC virulence induces anti-alphahaemolysin formation in serum (ANTI AH). Titres of ANTI AH in sera of children with acute uroinfection were from 1:32 to 1:1024. Lower titres were recorded in infections of the lower urinary pathways higher ones in renal infections, whereby the dynamics of ANTI AH titres depend on the development of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Katedra mikrobiológie Lekárskej fakulty, Univerzity P.J. Safárika v Kosiciach.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Durovicová
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Puzová
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Janigová
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nistiar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kmetová
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D006460:Hemolysin Proteins
vernacular_title: Alfahemolytické kmene Escherichia coli izolované pri mocových infekciách malých detí.