Virulence Factors and Pathogenicity Islands in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli in Brazilian Children
Ronaldo Silveira de Paiva, Renata de Lima Varella, João Gabriel Material Soncini, Zuleica Naomi Tano & Eliana Carolina Vespero · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2024
Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a Gram-negative bacillus responsible for intestinal and extraintestinal infections, and the main cause of urinary tract infection. Its pathogenicity is mediated through virulence factors located in regions of the bacterial chromosome called pathogeni...
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10.9734/jammr/2024/v36i115634