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. 1986 Mar;51(3):966–968. doi: 10.1128/iai.51.3.966-968.1986

Aerobactin-mediated iron uptake by Escherichia coli isolates from human extraintestinal infections.

N H Carbonetti, S Boonchai, S H Parry, V Väisänen-Rhen, T K Korhonen, P H Williams
PMCID: PMC260996  PMID: 3512445

Abstract

A total of 516 strains of Escherichia coli were screened for the presence and expression of the aerobactin iron uptake system. The incidence was markedly higher among clinical isolates from patients with septicemia (68.8%), pyelonephritis (74.6%), and symptomatic (59.8%) and asymptomatic (63.2%) lower urinary tract infections than among normal human fecal isolates (34.3%).

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