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Escherichia coli is the common causative agent of urinary tract infections. Sixty-one strains ofE. coli isolated from children with urinary tract infections were tested by colony hybridization for the presence of genes determining P and S fimbriae and hemolysin. Of these strains, 46 possess a gene for hemolysin, 44 for P fimbriae and 28 for S fimbriae. Only 30 strains formed lytic zones around the colonies on plates with sheep erythrocytes. The results indicated that simultaneous occurrence of genes in urinaryE. coli was highest for P fimbriae and hemolysin and lower for other combinations of the tested genes.
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Jusková, E., Čižnár, I. Occurrence of genes for P and S fimbriae and hemolysin in urinaryEscherichia coli . Folia Microbiol 39, 159–161 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02906814
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