title: Virulence potential of Escherichia coli strains causing asymptomatic bacteriuria during pregnancy.
abstract: We compared the virulence properties of a collection of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU) Escherichia coli strains to urinary tract infection (UTI) strains isolated from pregnant women in a university hospital over 1 year. The in vitro and in vivo studies suggest that ABU strains presented a virulence behavior similar to that of strains isolated from cases of cystitis.
authors.affiliation: INSERM, U1047, Université Montpellier 1, UFR de Médecine, 30908 Nîmes Cedex 2, France. jean.philippe.lavigne@chu-nimes.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Philippe
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lavigne
authors.forename: Adeline
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boutet-Dubois
authors.forename: Dorsaf
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Laouini
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Combescure
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bouziges
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marès
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sotto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D058345:Asymptomatic Infections; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000382:microbiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D014774:Virulence; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D037521:Virulence Factors