Virulence characteristics and antimicrobial susceptibility of uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains
“Virulence characteristics and antimicrobial susceptibility of uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains”, vol. 10, pp. 4114-4125, 2011.
, Eight virulence factors associated with uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) were investigated in 204 clinical isolates of E. coli recovered from urine cultures at counts ≥105. The bacteria were classified into two groups according to the number of leukocytes in urine samples from which they were isolated: group I ≤8 leukocytes/hpf, 104 strains; group II >8 leukocytes/hpf, 100 strains.