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SUBMITTER: Li X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8249706 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Xiao X Zhou Kaichen K Wang Jingyu J Guo Jiahe J Cao Yang Y Ren Jie J Guan Tao T Sheng Wenchao W Zhang Mingyao M Yao Zhi Z Wang Quan Q
Frontiers in medicine 20210618
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common infectious diseases. UTIs are mainly caused by uropathogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> (UPEC), and are either upper or lower according to the infection site. Fimbriae are necessary for UPEC to adhere to the host uroepithelium, and are abundant and diverse in UPEC strains. Although great progress has been made in determining the roles of different types of fimbriae in UPEC colonization, the contributions of multiple fimbriae to site-specifi ...[more]