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. 1971 Jul;24(5):442–443. doi: 10.1136/jcp.24.5.442

Postoperative urinary infections caused by Escherichia coli

K A Bettelheim 1,2,1, C Dulake 1,2,2, Joan Taylor 1,2
PMCID: PMC477023  PMID: 4937135

Abstract

Serological and biochemical classification of Esch. coli from the rectum and vagina of patients who developed a urinary infection after operation and the insertion of a self-retaining catheter showed that 13/20 urinary infections were caused by a type which had been present before operation in the rectum, vagina, or both.

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