title: Postoperative urinary infections caused by Escherichia coli.
abstract: Serological and biochemical classification of Esch. coli from the rectum and vagina of patients who developed a urinary infection after operation and the insertion of a self-retaining catheter showed that 13/20 urinary infections were caused by a type which had been present before operation in the rectum, vagina, or both.
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012007:Rectum / Q000382:microbiology; D012703:Serotyping; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology