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Role of phase variation of type 1 fimbriae in a uropathogenic Escherichia coli cystitis isolate during urinary tract infection.

Snyder JA, Lloyd AL, Lockatell CV, Johnson DE, Mobley HL

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.

Type 1 fimbrial phase-locked mutants of uropathogenic Escherichia coli cystitis isolate F11 were used to assess the role of the invertible element during urinary tract infection. Compared to the wild type, the phase-locked off mutant was attenuated, and constitutive production of type 1 fimbriae by the phase-locked on mutant did not provide a competitive advantage.

Published 23 January 2006 in Infect Immun, 74(2): 1387-93.
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