Urinary tract infections: new insights into a common problem
Open Access
- 1 February 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Postgraduate Medical Journal
- Vol. 81 (952), 83-86
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.2004.023036
Abstract
This review discusses recent advances in the understanding of how the common pathogen, uropathogenic Escherichia coli, interacts with the host to lead to infection.Keywords
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