Genes and Proteins Underlying Microbial Urinary Tract Virulence: Basic Aspects and Applications

Urinary Tract Infection: From Basic Science to Clinical Application....Pages 1-8
Innate Defences and Resistance to Gram Negative Mucosal Infection....Pages 9-24
Pathogenicity Islands of Uropathogence E. Coli and Evolution of Virulence....Pages 25-32
Iron Transport In Escherichia coli ....Pages 33-43
The Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor 1 (CNF1) from Uropathogenic Escherichia coli ....Pages 45-51
Genetic Characterization of the Uropathogenic E. coli Strain 536 — A Subtractive Hybridization Analysis....Pages 53-56
Analysis of the Hemolysin Determinants of the Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Strain 536....Pages 57-61
Functional Variability of Type 1 Fimbriae of Escherichia coli ....Pages 63-68
HPI of High-Virulent Yersinia is Found in E. coli Strains Causing Urinary Tract Infection....Pages 69-73
Aggregation Substance of Enterococcus Faecalis: A Multifunctional Adhesin....Pages 75-83
A Role for the σ s Subunit of RNA Polymerase in the Regulation of Bacterial Virulence....Pages 85-93
Transcriptional Organisation and Regulation of E. coli Group 2 Capsule Expression....Pages 95-101
Molecular Basis of Catheter Associated Infections by Staphylococci....Pages 103-111
Control Mechanisms in the Pap-pili System....Pages 113-118
Transcriptional Analysis of the Sfa and Pap Determinants of Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli Strains....Pages 119-122
Structural and Functional Studies of the Fimbrial Adhesin Gene Regulator papB from Uropathogenic Escherichia coli ....Pages 123-126
Interaction of the Nucleoid-Associated Proteins HAA and H-NS to Modulated Expression of the Hemolysin Operon in Escherichia coli ....Pages 127-131
Use of the OmpS-display-system to Localize Thereceptor-bindingregion in the PapG Adhesin of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli ....Pages 133-136
The Role of the Airs Two-component System in Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli ....Pages 137-142
Examination of Regulatory Cross-talk Between the Decay Accelerating Factor-binding Fimbrial/Afimbrial Adhesins and Type I Fimbriae....Pages 143-150
Modulation of the Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin (PIA) Expression in Biofilm Forming Staphylococcus Epidermidis ....Pages 151-157
Induction of Staphylococcus Epidermidis Biofilm Formation by Environmental Factors: The Possible Involvement of the Alternative Transcription Factor SigB....Pages 159-166
Expression of Virulence Genes in Candida Albicans ....Pages 167-176
Effect of Spontaneous and Induced Mutations on Outer Membrane Proteins and Lipopolysaccharides of Proteus Penneri Strain 357....Pages 177-181
Role of Bacterial Lectins in Urinary Tract Infections....Pages 183-192
Adherence of Enteric Bacteria Onto the Mammalian Extracellular Matrix....Pages 193-200
Interrelationship Between Virulence Properties of Uropathogenic E. coli and Blood Group Phenotype of Patients with Chronic Urinary Tract Infection....Pages 201-212
Glycolipid Receptors of F1C Fimbrial Adhesin of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli ....Pages 213-217
Thin Aggregative Fimbriae on Urinary Escherichia coli Isolates....Pages 219-224
Type 1 Plili of Citrobacter freundii Mediate Invasion into Host Cells....Pages 225-235
Serotypes, Siderophore Synthesis, and Serum Resistance of Uropathogenic Klebsiella Isolates....Pages 237-241
Epitope Specificity of Polyclonal Rabbit Antisera Against Proteus Vulgaris O-Antigens....Pages 243-247
Virulence Factors of Eescherichia coli Isolated from Urine of Diabetic Women with Asymptomatic Bacteriuria....Pages 249-254
Cytokine Secretion is Impaired in Women with Diabetes Mellitus....Pages 255-262
Characterisation and Adherence Mechanisms of Escherichia coli Strains Causing Infections in Patients with a Reconstructed Bladder....Pages 263-271
Immunodominant Proteins in Human Sepsis Caused by Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ....Pages 273-278
Modern Concept of Antibiotic Therapy of Urinary Tractinfections....Pages 279-287
The Role of Anaerobic Bacteria in Prostatitis....Pages 289-299
Urinary Tract Infection in Dogs....Pages 301-304
Detection of Virulence Factors in Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli Isolated from Humans, Dogs and Cats in Portugal....Pages 305-308
Asymptomatic Bacteriuria can be Considered a Diabetic Complication in Women with Diabetes Mellitus....Pages 309-314
Determination of Genetic Diversity of Proteus Penneri Strains Using Rep-PCR....Pages 315-320
Use of Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) Analysis for Identification of Proteuspenneri ....Pages 321-324
Overview on the Clinical Studies with Urostim Immunostimulator Against Urogenital Infections....Pages 325-329
Porcine Postweaning Diarrhea Isolates of Escherichia Coli with Uropathogenic Characters....Pages 331-333
Virulence Markers of Human Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains Isolated in Hungary....Pages 335-338
New Serogroups of the Genus Proteus Consisting of Proteus Penneri Strains only....Pages 339-344
The Role of Chlamydia trachomatis in Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Urogential Infections....Pages 345-350