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BACTERIOLOGICAL AND GENETIC STUDY FOR DETECTION OF UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI ISOLATED FROM CASES OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION
Haneen Ali Kadhum*, Dr. Bushra Hindi Saleh and Dr. Rehab Subhi Ramadan
Abstract Escherichia coli is one of the most important bacteria that colonized inthe intestinal tract of human. It was isolated from the feces of an infantin 1885 by Theodor Escherich (Croxen et al., 2013) and originallycalled “Bacterium coli commune” due to the fact that itꞌs found in thecolon. UPEC is most frequently associated with UTIs that bacteriacolonizes the urinary tract and may ascend towards the bladder to causecystitis. In untreated cases bacteria may ascend to the ureters andkidney to establish a secondary infection, acute pyelonephritis with thepossibility of causing irreversible kidney damage leading to kidneyfailure and death (Bien et al., 2012). Keywords: . [Full Text Article] [Download Certificate] |
