Escherichia coli is a versatile bacterial species that includes both harmless commensal
strains and pathogenic strains found in the gastrointestinal tract in humans and warm …

Escherichia coli is a paradigm for a versatile bacterial species which comprises harmless
commensal as well as different pathogenic variants with the ability to either cause intestinal …

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common bacterial infections affecting
humans, and uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) is the etiological agent in 75% to 95 …

Bacterial genomes are remarkably stable from one generation to the next but are plastic on
an evolutionary time scale, substantially shaped by horizontal gene transfer, genome …

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common in both inpatient and outpatient settings. This
article provides an evidence-based, clinically relevant overview of management of UTIs …

Phase and antigenic variation result in a heterogenic phenotype of a clonal bacterial
population, in which individual cells either express the phase-variable protein (s) or not, or …

Chronic and recurrent urinary tract infections pose a serious medical problem because there
are few effective treatment options. Patients with chronic urinary tract infections are …

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) cause most uncomplicated urinary tract infections
(UTIs) in humans. Because UTIs are considered to occur in an ascending manner, flagellum …

Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) possesses virulence traits that allow it to
invade, colonize, and induce disease in bodily sites outside of the gastrointestinal tract …

ABSTRACT A uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain CFT073-specific DNA microarray that
includes each open reading frame was used to analyze the transcriptome of CFT073 …