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Pathogenesis of Proteus mirabilis urinary tract infection
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, 655 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA.
Microbes and Infection
|December 2, 2000
Abstract:
Proteus mirabilis is a causative agent of cystitis and pyelonephritis primarily in individuals with indwelling catheters or structural abnormalities of the urinary tract. The organism produces a variety of unique virulence factors that contribute to its pathogenicity and persistence in the human host.