TY - JOUR. T1 - TonB-dependent systems of uropathogenic escherichia coli. T2 - Aerobactin and heme transport and TonB are required for virulence in the mouse. AU - Torres, Alfredo. AU - Redford, P.. AU - Welch, R. A.. AU - Payne, S. M.. PY - 2001. Y1 - 2001. N2 - The uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain CFT073 has multiple iron acquisition systems, including heme and siderophore transporters. A tonB mutant derivative of CFT073 failed to use heme as an iron source or to utilize the siderophores enterobactin and aerobactin, indicating that transport of these compounds in CFT073 is TonB dependent. The TonB- derivative showed reduced virulence in a mouse model of urinary tract infection. Virulence was restored when the tonB gene was introduced on a plasmid. To determine the importance of the individual TonB-dependent iron transport systems during urinary tract infections, mutants defective in each of the CFT073 high-affinity iron transport systems were constructed and tested in the mouse model. ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Testosterone suppresses uropathogenic Escherichia coli invasion and colonization within prostate cells and inhibits inflammatory responses through JAK/STAT-1 signaling pathway. AU - Ho, Chen Hsun. AU - Fan, Chia Kwung. AU - Yu, Hong Jeng. AU - Wu, Chia Chang. AU - Chen, Kuan Chou. AU - Liu, Shih Ping. AU - Cheng, Po Ching. PY - 2017/6/1. Y1 - 2017/6/1. N2 - Prostatitis is a common condition in adult men of all ages. Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) are most frequent pathogen involved in bacterial prostatitis by refluxing the infected urine into prostatic ducts and resulting in an ascending urethral infection. However, the study about the mechanisms of UPEC to invade, replicate and persist in normal prostate epithelial cell is only few. Given the fact that UPEC is pathogen most frequently involved in prostatitis and that testosterone has been demonstrated to attenuate prostate inflammation caused by other etiologies. In this study we investigated whether the testosterone ...

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) strains cause a majority of urinary tract infections (UTIs). Since UPEC strains can become antibiotic resistant, adjunct or alternate therapies are urgently needed. UPEC strains grow extremely rapidly in patients with UTIs. Thus, this review focuses on the relation between urine composition and UPEC growth and metabolism. Compilation of urinary components from two major data sources suggests the presence of sufficient amino acids and carbohydrates as energy sources and abundant phosphorus, sulfur, and nitrogen sources. In a mouse UTI model, mutants lacking enzymes of the tricarboxylic acid cycle, gluconeogenesis, and the nonoxidative branch of the pentose cycle are less competitive than the corresponding parental strains, which is consistent with amino acids as major energy sources. Other evidence suggests that carbohydrates are required energy sources. UPEC strains in urine ex vivo and in vivo express transporters for peptides, amino acids, carbohydrates, ...

The main causative agent of human urinary tract infections is the uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) pathotype. It may cause disease due to its ability to express a number of bacterial virulence factors. Fimbrial adhesins are particularly important for the initial establishment of infection in the urinary tract. The fimbriae are hair-like structures protruding from the bacterial cell and by attaching to specific receptors in the urinary tract they mediate adherence to different cell types, allowing the bacteria to resist the shear forces from urine flow. The UPEC strains generally carry multiple determinants for fimbrial adhesins. Previous studies have indicated that there is a co-regulation between different fimbrial genes and one factor that has been implicated in this is the PapB protein, acting as a transcriptional regulator of P-fimbrial expression. The PapB protein can be regarded as the prototype of a family of fimbrial regulators that show high homology between different fimbrial ...

SUFU 2020 the range of Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli (UPEC) motility types UPEC strains from women with recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs).

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common bacterial infections with global expansion. These infections are predominantly caused by uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC). Totally, 123 strains of Escherichia coli isolated from UTIs patients, using bacterial culture method were subjected to polymerase chain reactions for detection of various O- serogroups, some urovirulence factors, antibiotic resistance genes and resistance to 13 different antibiotics. According to data, the distribution of O1, O2, O6, O7 and O16 serogroups were 2.43%, besides O22, O75 and O83 serogroups were 1.62%. Furthermore, the distribution of O4, O8, O15, O21 and O25 serogroups were 5.69%, 3.25%, 21.13%, 4.06% and 26.01%, respectively. Overall, the fim virulence gene had the highest (86.17%) while the usp virulence gene had the lowest distributions of virulence genes in UPEC strains isolated from UTIs patients. The vat and sen virulence genes were not detected in any UPEC strains. Totally, aadA1 (52.84%), and qnr

BACKGROUND: Urinary tract infections (UTIs), including cystitis and pyelonephritis, are the most common infectious diseases in childhood. Escherichia coli (E. coli) accounts for as much as 90% of the community-acquired and 50% of nosocomial UTIs. Therefore, identification of E. coli strains is important for both clinical and epidemiological implications. Understanding antibiotic resistance patterns and molecular characterization of plasmids and other genetic elements is also epidemiologically useful. METHODS: To characterize uropathogenic strains of E. coli, we studied 96 E. coli strains recovered from urine samples of children aged l month to 14 years with community-acquired UTIs in Jahrom, Iran. We assessed virulence factors (VFs), drug sensitivities, and plasmid profiles. RESULTS: Drug sensitivities of the isolates were: 19.8% (ampicillin), 24% (trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole), 29.2% ( tetracycline), 75.5% (nalidixic acid), 80.4% (cefixime), 84.6% (gentamicin), 91.4% (ciprofloxacin), 96.8%

Antimicrobial resistance pattern of UPEC isolates from patients with urinary tract infections (UTI). UPEC = uropathogenic Escherichia coli.

With the escalating number of bacterial genome sequences available, CGH microarray analysis is an increasingly popular tool to study pathogenic microorganisms. CGH is a comprehensive analytical tool permitting the examination of multiple bacterial strains at the whole-genome level, providing data about the acquisition and loss of genetic information, the potential evolutionary lineages of pathogens, and the identification of virulence-associated and/or strain-specific genes. Recently, a number of important bacterial pathogens of humans and animals have been analyzed using CGH, including Bordetella pertussis (23), Vibrio cholerae (26), Helicobacter pylori (85), Coxiella burnetti (3), Yersinia pestis (42), and Aeromonas salmonicida (67).. This is the first study to use CGH microarray analysis to compare a collection of uropathogenic and fecal/commensal E. coli isolates. This approach permits the identification of genomic islands and genes specific to UPEC isolates. Genomic DNA from three ...

Many women wonder how does sex cause a kidney infection? According to recent studies, women have a higher risk for developing a kidney infection if they have intercourse three or more times per week or if they use spermicides. According to this study, if a woman suffers from diabetes, or has a history of urinary tract infections or urinary incontinence, sex has a higher chance of causing a kidney infection. Although kidney infections are very common, the link between sex and kidney infections in women is an apart cause behind many of these kidney infections. During a recent study involving 240 women between the age of 18 to 49, it was apparent that sex does cause a kidney infection in some women with a high risk medical history. It appears sex can cause a kidney infection in women who take part in frequent episodes of sexual intercourse, more than three times per week. Frequent sexual intercourse appears to cause a kidney infection 5 times more likely than in women who do not have frequent ...

The ability to inhabit the different niches during an ascending urinary tract infection and cause particular pathologies at each site resides largely in the island genes specific to uropathogenic E. coli. The CFT073 genome sequence has revealed many possible factors that may contribute to colonization of the urinary tract tissues and the disease. The most important examples are mentioned here.. Surface structures known as fimbriae or pili mediate specificity for and attachment to host cells, an essential event for host colonization. We found genes encoding 12 distinct, putative fimbriae in the genome of CFT073, 10 fimbriae of the chaperone-usher family, and two type IV pili. Two pap operons (pylonephritis-associated pilus) encode P fimbriae with PapGII adhesins (17), located in islands at pheV and pheU. These are specific to uropathogens but are not the sole adhesins in CFT073 that are important for virulence. The foc operon encoding F1C fimbria and a chaperone-usher family operon with two ...

Strains of uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) are the primary cause of urinary tract infections, including both cystitis and pyelonephritis. These bacteria have evolved a multitude of virulence factors and strategies that facilitate bacterial growth and persistence within the adverse settings of the host …

You will use PCR to differentiate between UPEC and non-pathogenic E. coli.. Working individually, you are provided with a rack of PCR tubes, P2 and P10 pipettes and tips, Mango PCR mix (contains DNA polymerase, dNTPs, buffer and gel loading dye), PCR primers, PCR grade water and genomic DNA isolated from UPEC and non-pathogenic E. coli. The strains we are using are CFT073 (UPEC) and MG1655 (non-pathogenic E. coli).. You will test your own PCR primers to see if these can differentiate between UPEC and non-pathogenic E. coli. In addition, you are provided with a pair of UPEC control primers (these detect UPEC but not non-pathogenic E. coli) and a pair of E. coli control primers (these detect both UPEC and non-pathogenic E. coli).. You will test each pair of primers using UPEC and non-pathogenic gDNA as template. To check that your reagents are not contaminated, you will also set up no template control reactions without any gDNA template. These should not yield any PCR product.. Label all of your ...

A growing number of studies indicate that many recurrent UTIs may in effect be relapses caused by the resurgence of intracellular bacterial reservoirs that can persist for many weeks to months within the urothelium (26, 32, 43-45, 52). Here, using bladder cell culture-based assays, we found that intracellular UPEC strains are protected against several different classes of antibiotics, with the exceptions of nitrofurantoin and several fluoroquinolones (Fig. 1A). These antibiotics are known to penetrate host cell membranes and accumulate to high concentrations intracellularly (48). Interestingly, in human studies, patients who received fluoroquinolones often appeared to have fewer recurrent UTIs overall, in comparison with patients who were given other antibiotic treatments (Table 2). However, with respect to bacterial clearance from bladder tissues in our mouse UTI model system, the fluoroquinolones ciprofloxacin and sparfloxacin were statistically no better than the membrane-impermeable ...

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) afflict over 9 million women in America every year, often necessitating long-term prophylactic antibiotics. One risk factor for UTI is frequent sexual intercourse, which dramatically increases the risk of UTI. The mechanism behind this increased risk is unknown; howev …

In this study, we have explored the role of the DNA-binding proteins H-NS and StpA in virulence by using expression profiling as well as classical phenotypic tests and in vivo experiments. By the use of a specific pathoarray, we identified some previously unknown members of the H-NS regulon encoded on the pathogenicity islands of strain 536. We obtained proof that H-NS is playing a major role in the regulation of PAI-encoded genes, thereby linking those genes to the cellular regulatory network.. H-NS was found to be a global regulator in UPEC strain 536, affecting the transcription of more than 500 genes, among them all classical virulence factors tested. Many of the genes of E. coli K-12 whose transcription has been described to be affected upon hns mutation were also identified in our study (see also the complete DNA array data set at http://www.infektionsforschung.uni-wuerzburg.de/). Mutants deficient for H-NS expressed more fimbriae and hemolysin and differed in their siderophore expression ...

The very early inflammatory signaling events triggered in the bladder immediately following colonization with UPEC define the cascade of events that culminate in UTI disease or resolution of infection. Recently, innate resistance to UPEC UTI was demonstrated in the context of pathogen-specific signaling in murine pyelonephritis (55), and the danger-associated molecular pattern S100A8/A9 was shown to be unnecessary for effective host defense against UTI (56). The overall innate response of bladder in UPEC cystitis in the murine UTI model, however, remains largely uncharacterized. In this study, we provide a detailed genome-wide microarray analysis of whole bladder to UPEC UTI in mice using large group sizes and a nonpooled sampling approach for increased statistical power to offer a revealing new perspective on the innate response to infection. Our approach has uncovered a broad range of host factors not previously known to regulate innate defense to bacterial UTI. Several genes identified in ...

UPEC utilizes complex mechanisms to subvert innate defenses to persist and cause disease. The ability of UPEC to invade into superficial cells of the bladder has been shown to be a critical mechanism in the ability of UPEC to establish a persistent infection (8, 12, 14, 15). Upon entry, UPEC diverts itself into the cytoplasm by an unknown mechanism that depends on the FimH adhesin present at the tips of type 1 pili (7). Previous light and electron microscopic studies identified loose intracellular collections of bacteria at early time points (≈6 h) in the superficial umbrella cells of the bladder, which were termed bacterial factories (8). In addition, at later time points (24 h) intracellular biofilm-like communities were observed that created a bulging appearance on the luminal surface of the bladder that were termed pods (15). Based on real-time fluorescence microscopy studies presented here, we discovered that these various structures are formed as part of a continuous developmental and ...

The human urinary tract is one of the most common sites of bacterial infection and most of them are caused by uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC). During the infection, UPEC adhere to host epithelial cells by using specific extracellular adhesive organelles termed pili. Despite a wealth of other structural and biochemical information, little is known about how pilus formation is orchestrated at the bacterial cell surface. We present here a crystal structure capturing the pilus assembly platform in the act of secreting its cognate substrate. This new breakthrough provides new insights into the molecular details of pilus assembly.. Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) attach specifically to human bladder cells using surface structures known as type 1 pili. These are assembled by the so-called chaperone-usher (CU) pathway, one of the best-characterised secretion systems in Gram-negative bacteria [1]. Type 1 pili consist of many individual subunits that are polymerised at the outer membrane by a ...

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This study evaluated the antibacterial efficacy of the consumption of cranberry capsules vs. placebo in the urine of healthy volunteers. A first double-blind, randomised, crossover trial involved eight volunteers who had followed three regimens, with or without cranberry, with a wash-out period of at least 6 days between each regimen. Twelve hours after consumption of cranberry or placebo hard capsules, the first urine of the morning was collected. Different Escherichia coli strains were cultured in the urine samples. Urinary antibacterial adhesion activity was measured in vitro using the human T24 epithelial cell-line, and in vivo using the Caenorhabditis elegans killing model. With the in-vitro model, 108 mg of cranberry induced a significant reduction in bacterial adherence to T24 cells as compared with placebo (p ...

The role of the polysaccharide capsule is well established in UPEC virulence. The prototypical group 2 capsule provides protection against phagocytosis and complement-mediated killing (23, 24), contributes to immune evasion via molecular mimicry (33), and can also mask other surface-associated antigens (39). Group 2 capsule biosynthesis is controlled by a conserved export and assembly mechanism (16, 17, 19-22), suggesting that the expression of all group 2 capsules may be regulated by the same factors, hence providing an attractive target for the development of therapeutic agents.. We first examined a collection of 126 complete E. coli genomes to gain a better understanding of the distribution of the group 2 capsule types. We found that the majority of phylogroup B2 (75%; 33/44) and D (75%; 3/4) strains possess intact region I and III capsular export and assembly genes but carry an array of region II genes that encode different capsular K types. All 10 of the ST95 strains in our 126-strain ...

Objectives: A retrospective analysis of databases was performed to describe trimethoprim and ciprofloxacin prescribing and resistance in Escherichia coli within general practices in the West of Ireland from 2004 to 2008. Methods: Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed by disc diffusion methods according to the CLSI methods and criteria on significant E. coli isolates (colony count >10(5) cfu/mL) from urine samples submitted from general practice. Data were collected over a 4.5 year period and aggregated at practice level. Data on antimicrobial prescribing of practices were obtained from the national Irish prescribing database, which accounts for similar to 70% of all medicines prescribed in primary care. A multilevel model (MLwiN) was fitted with trimethoprim/ciprofloxacin resistance rates as outcome and practice prescribing as predictor. Practice and individual routinely collected variables were controlled for in the model. Results: Seventy-two general practices sent between ...

Author Summary The emergence and rapid dissemination of new bacterial pathogens presents multiple challenges to healthcare systems, including the need for rapid detection, precise diagnostics, effective transmission control and effective treatment. E. coli ST131 is an example of a recently emerged multidrug resistant pathogen that is capable of causing urinary tract and bloodstream infections with limited available treatment options. In order to increase our molecular understanding of E. coli ST131, we developed a high-throughput transposon mutagenesis system in combination with next generation sequencing to test every gene for its essential role in growth and for its contribution to serum resistance. We identified 315 essential genes, 270 of which were conserved among all currently available complete E. coli genomes. Fifty-six genes that define the serum resistome of E. coli ST131 were identified, including genes encoding membrane proteins, proteins involved in LPS biosynthesis, regulators and several

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Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) strains are found in high numbers in the gut of patients with urinary tract infections (UTIs). We hypothesised that in hospitalised patients, UPEC strains might translocate from the gut to the blood stream and that this could be due to the presence of virulence genes (VGs) that are not commonly found in UPEC strains that cause UTI only. To test this, E. coli strains representing 75 dominant clonal groups of UPEC isolated from the blood of hospitalised patients with UTI (urosepsis) (n = 22), hospital-acquired (HA) UTI without blood infection (n = 24) and strains isolated from patients with community-acquired (CA)-UTIs (n = 29) were tested for their adhesion to, invasion and translocation through Caco-2 cells, in addition to the presence of 34 VGs associated with UPEC ...

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) strain with a multidrug resistance phenotype and the capacity to produce extended-spectrum beta-lactamase ...

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) caused by uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) are among the most common infectious diseases in humans. Due to their frequent occurrence in the community and nosocomial settings, as well as the development of resistance to the commonly prescribed antimicrobial agents, an enormous financial burden is placed on healthcare systems around the world. Therefore, novel approaches to the prevention and treatment of UTIs are needed. Although UPEC may harbour a plethora of virulence factors, type I fimbriae and P pili are two of the most studied adhesive organelles, since the attachment to host cells in the urinary tract is a crucial step towards infection ...

Studies of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) pathogenesis have relied heavily on genetic manipulation to understand virulence factors. We applied a recently reported positive-negative selection system to create a series of unmarked, scarless FimH mutants that show identical phenotypes to previously reported marked FimH mutants; these are now improved versions useful for definitive assignment of phenotypes to FimH mutations. We also increased the efficiency of this system by designing new primer sites, which should further improve the efficiency and convenience of using negative selection in UTI89, other UPEC, and other Enterobacteriaceae.

Most kidney infections are treated with a course of antibiotics, some bacteria are resistant to some antibiotics so when the bacteria causing your infection is known a change of antibiotics may be required. Common antibiotics used to treat kidney infections are ciprofloxacin though trimethoprim might also be diagnosed. Painkillers can help ease the pain and reduce any temperature. We sell a range of painkillers on this website, to purchase click here.. When you have a kidney infection you must try to prevent dehydration, to do this drink at least 2 litres of water a day, unless you have another medical condition that means you are unable to drink that much. If well hydrated urine should be pale coloured.. In the majority of cases antibiotics will clear up the infection. However, in some cases you may need to be admitted to hospital, this may be because the infection is severe, your infection does not respond to antibiotics or you are at risk of dehydration from being sick or are going to the ...

Dive into the research topics of Protease activity, secretion, cell entry, cytotoxicity, and cellular targets of secreted autotransporter toxin of uropathogenic Escherichia coli. Together they form a unique fingerprint. ...

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Shaffer, Carrie L. and Zhang, Ellisa W. and Dudley, Anne G. et al. (2017) Purine Biosynthesis Metabolically Constrains Intracellular Survival of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli. Infection and Immunity, 85 (1). Art. No. e00471-16. ISSN 0019-9567. PMCID PMC5203662. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170331-075358953 ...

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How long does kidney infection pain last - Kidney infection pain lasts how long? No specific time. Length of pain depends on how bad the infection is and how good your immune system is. It also depends on how sensitive the infection is to the antibiotics and how soon you start the antibiotics. The faster it gets treated or the milder the infection, the faster the pain goes away.

In a message dated 7/2/00 11:50:05 PM, email @ redacted writes: ,, kidney infection? Did it make your sugars go really high and difficult to bring back down? ,, Yes, several a number of years ago (prepump), and the intractable blood sugars (actually, this was in the days when they were measured by urine tests) were always what identified it for me, they were so much worse for me than with any other infection I ever had. With me, at that time, it seemed to take about 2 days of antibiotics before I could get low enough to be functional - it was problematic in those days to take enough extra insulin to get to normal levels. You are being treated, I hope? Kidney infections are serious stuff. Linda Z ---------------------------------------------------------- for HELP or to subscribe/unsubscribe, contact: [email protected] send a DONATION http://www.Insulin-Pumpers.org/donate.shtml ...

Though there are lots of natural remedies that can be very beneficial in treating kidney infections, it is very important for you to understand that they can never be used as a complete replacement for conventional medications. Even though natural remedies are safe and effective, your doctors advice is crucial. Following are some of the […]

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TY - JOUR. T1 - Molecular epidemiology of extraintestinal pathogenic (uropathogenic) Escherichia coli. AU - Johnson, James R.. AU - Russo, Thomas A.. N1 - Funding Information: This material is based upon work supported by Office of Research and Development, Medical Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs (J.R. Johnson, T.A. Russo). Ann Emery and Dave Prentiss (both, Minneapolis VA Medical Center) helped prepare the manuscript and figures, respectively. Copyright: Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.. PY - 2005/10/5. Y1 - 2005/10/5. N2 - Molecular epidemiological analyses of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC), which are also called uropathogenic E. coli since they are the principle pathogens in urinary tract infection, involve structured observations of E. coli as they occur in the wild. Careful selection of subjects and use of appropriate methods for genotyping and statistical analysis are required for optimal results. Molecular epidemiological studies ...

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) is the primary etiological agent of over 85% of community-acquired urinary tract infections (UTIs). Mouse models of infection have shown that UPEC can invade bladder epithelial cells in a type 1 pilus-dependent mechanism, avoid a TLR4-mediated exocytic process, and escape into the host cell cytoplasm. The internalized UPEC can clonally replicate into biofilm-like intracellular bacterial communities (IBCs) of thousands of bacteria while avoiding many host clearance mechanisms. Importantly, IBCs have been documented in urine from women and children suffering acute UTI. To understand this protected bacterial niche, we elucidated the transcriptional profile of bacteria within IBCs using microarrays. We delineated the upregulation within the IBC of genes involved in iron acquisition, metabolism, and transport. Interestingly, lacZ was highly upregulated, suggesting that bacteria were sensing and/or utilizing a galactoside for metabolism in the IBC. A ΔlacZ strain ...

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common types of bacterial infection in humans in various parts of the world and are caused mainly by ur

The Escherichia coli P fimbriae F71, F72, F9, and F11 from four cloned strains were purified, and polyclonal antisera were raised in rabbits. Cross-reactions of these antisera with eight different cloned and purified fimbriae were measured in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. These antisera showed a reaction with the homologous fimbriae and also with most heterologous fimbriae. Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) directed against the same four native fimbriae were produced by the fusion of spleen cells from immunized BALB/c mice with SP2/0 myeloma cells. The resulting four series of MAbs were also screened in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with eight different cloned and purified fimbriae. Four different F71 hybridomas produced MAbs which recognized only epitopes on F71 fimbriae. Two F72 MAbs recognized epitopes on F72 and F9 fimbriae, whereas another F72 MAb recognized an epitope on only F72 fimbriae. Three MAbs raised against F9 reacted only with epitopes on F9 fimbriae. Six MAbs against ...

Author Summary Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common bacterial infections treated by physicians worldwide. Although symptoms of acute infection are often resolved with a course of antibiotics, the same bacterial strain often causes subsequent bouts of symptomatic infection. Escherichia coli are the most common bacteria causing UTI and the infecting strains are widely believed to originate from the gastrointestinal tract where multiple E. coli strains reside. Here, we use a novel mass spectrometric technique in a population of patients with recurrent UTI to identify how strains that cause UTI differ from other strains that were present in the gastrointestinal tract at the same time. We found that urinary E. coli strains preferentially expressed two small molecules called yersiniabactin and salmochelin. These molecules are called siderophores, meaning they are able to scavenge iron to support bacterial survival and growth. Synthesis and transport of these small molecules requires a

There are many different bacterial infections in the world that patients are suffering from and research teams are trying to find suitable ways to prevent and treat them. Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are most important infections in the world , and they are more common among women because vaginal cavity is near to urethral opening. The aim of this study is cloning of synthetic gene include antigens against UTIs in pET28a+ vector. Antibiotic resistant has been increasing because of antibiotic overuse recently, so It shows the necessity of developing a vaccine against these infections. There for, it will be imperative to develop a vaccine instead of antibiotics. This infection causes by many organisms, most important of which are Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC), Proteus mirabilis and Klebsiella pneumoniae Uropathogenic Escherichia .coli is the most important microorganism that causes these infections more than other bacteria, so in developing a vaccine it is the most important one, that have to

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are caused by uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) strains. In contrast to many enteric E. coli pathogroups, no genetic signature has been identified for UPEC strains. We conducted a high-resolution comparative genomic study using E. coli isolates collected from the urine of women suffering from frequent recurrent UTIs. These isolates were genetically diverse and varied in their urovirulence, that is, their ability to infect the bladder in a mouse model of cystitis. We found no set of genes, including previously defined putative urovirulence factors (PUFs), that were predictive of urovirulence. In addition, in some patients, the E. coli strain causing a recurrent UTI had fewer PUFs than the supplanted strain. In competitive experimental infections in mice, the supplanting strain was more efficient at colonizing the mouse bladder than the supplanted strain. Despite the lack of a clear genomic signature for urovirulence, comparative transcriptomic and phenotypic ...

Among common infections, urinary tract infections (UTI) are the most frequently diagnosed urologic disease. The majority of UTIs are caused by uropathogenic Escherichia coli. The primary niche occupied by E. coli is the lower intestinal tract of mammals, where it resides as a beneficial component of the commensal microbiota. Although it is well-known that E. coli resides in the human intestine as a harmless commensal, specific strains or pathotypes have the potential to cause a wide spectrum of intestinal and diarrheal diseases. In contrast, extraintestinal E. coli pathotypes reside harmlessly in the human intestinal microenvironment but, upon access to sites outside of the intestine, become a major cause of human morbidity and mortality as a consequence of invasive UTI (pyelonephritis, bacteremia, or septicemia). Thus, extraintestinal pathotypes like uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) possess an enhanced ability to cause infection outside of the intestinal tract and colonize the urinary tract, the

In a study of women with kidney infections, one week of treatment with the antibiotic ciprofloxacin was as effective as two weeks of treatment. These results were published in The Lancet.. A kidney infection-also referred to as pyelonephritis-is a urinary tract infection that has reached one or both kidneys. It is less common than infections of the bladder and urethra, but can also be much more serious. A severe or untreated kidney infection can cause kidney damage and other serious problems. Factors that increase the likelihood of a kidney infection include pregnancy, diabetes, and kidney stones or other causes of urinary obstruction.. Kidney infections are usually treated with antibiotics, but the optimal duration of treatment remains uncertain. Treating patients for a shorter period of time could reduce the occurrence of antibiotic resistance, but is only an option if it effectively treats the infection.. One week of ciprofloxacin has previously been shown to be effective for the treatment of ...

Last updated on February 16th, 2021CLED (cysteine-, lactose-, and electrolyte-deficient) agar is a differential culture medium for use in isolating and enumerating bacteria in urine from the suspected cases of Urinary Tract Infection. CLED agar […]. ...

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UTIs are common in humans, resulting in an estimated 8 million outpatient visits and over $2 billion in health care costs in the United States each year. UTI is also one of the most common uses of antibiotics and likely a substantial contributor to the emergence of bacterial antibiotic resistance. The dominant etiologic agent of UTI in humans is uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC), which accounts for up to 85% of community acquired UTIs. Investigators at the Center for Womens Infectious Disease Research have a long history of mechanistic studies of E. coli UTI pathogenic cascade. E. coli progresses through a series of distinct stages, from association with the bladder to the formation of intracellular biofilm-like communities, and release from this niche into the bladder lumen to allow re-infection of the epithelium. Our understanding of virulence mechanisms has allowed us to demonstrate novel therapeutic strategies. Promising avenues include anti-adhesion molecules targeting E. coli lectin ...

The ability of bacterial pathogens to invade host cells can have profound effects on the establishment, persistence, and propagation of infections. By entering host cells and subsequently avoiding destruction within degradative lysosomes, bacteria can gain better access to scarce resources as well as protection from host defenses and antibiotics. Furthermore, host cell invasion can facilitate the dissemination of bacteria within and across tissue barriers. The actual benefits afforded to intracellular bacterial pathogens can be highly context-dependent and sometimes difficult to discern. Over the past three decades, a number of bacterial species that were conventionally thought to be strictly extracellular pathogens were found to have alternative intracellular lifestyles ( 1 , 2 ). Among these facultative intracellular pathogens are strains of uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) and other bacteria that cause urinary tract infections (UTIs). These infections are very common, especially among females,

Achieving fast antimicrobial susceptibility results is a primary goal in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. Standard antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) takes, however, at least a day from patient sample to susceptibility profile. Here, we developed and clinically validated a rapid phenotypic AST based on a miniaturized nanotiter plate, the nanowell slide, that holds 672 wells in a 500 nl format for bacterial cultivation. The multitude of nanowells allows multiplexing with a panel of six antibiotics relevant for urinary tract infections. Inclusion of seven concentrations per antibiotic plus technical replicates enabled us to determine a precise minimum inhibitory concentration for 70 clinical uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolates. By combining optical recordings of bacterial growth with an algorithm for optical signal analysis, we calculated Tlag, the point of transition from lag to exponential phase, in each nanoculture. Algorithm-assisted analysis determined antibiotic susceptibility as

Dikshit N., Bist P., Fenlon S.N., Pulloor N.K., Chua C.E.L., Scidmore M.A., Carlyon J.A., Tang B.L., Chen S.L., Sukumaran B. (2015). Intracellular Uropathogenic E. coli Exploits Host Rab35 for Iron Acquisition and Survival within Urinary Bladder Cells. PLoS ONE 11 (8) : e1005083. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat. ...

According to prevailing assumptions, UPEC strains are strictly extracellular pathogens. In this study, however, we provide evidence that host cell invasion enhances the ability of UPEC to successfully infect the bladder epithelium. Upon making contact with superficial epithelial cells in the bladder lumen, type 1-piliated UPEC induces a cascade of signaling events leading to bacterial internalization (27, 29). Following internalization UPEC is able to replicate, resulting in the formation of large collections of intracellular bacteria, which due to their appearance we have termed bacterial factories. UPEC strains were also shown to have the capacity to flux out of bladder epithelial cells, a process that may allow bacteria to escape from host superficial cells that are induced to exfoliate in response to infection. Bacteria exiting dying host cells are often filamentous, enabling them to maintain contact with the bladder epithelium as they leave one host cell and interact with neighboring and ...

Decay-accelerating factor (CD55), a regulator of the alternative and classical pathways of complement activation, is expressed on all serum-exposed cells. It is used by pathogens, including many enteroviruses and uropathogenic Escherichia coli, as a receptor prior to infection. We describe the x-ray structure of a pathogen-binding fragment of human CD55 at 1.7 A resolution containing two of the three domains required for regulation of human complement. We have used mutagenesis to map biological functions onto the molecule; decay-accelerating activity maps to a single face of the molecule, whereas bacterial and viral pathogens recognize a variety of different sites on CD55.

Welch RA, Burland V, Plunkett, III G, Redford P, Roesch P, Rasko D, Buckles EL, Liou SR, Boutin A, Hackett J, et al. Extensive mosaic structure revealed by the complete genome sequence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2002 ;99:17020-17024. ...

Distribution of Uropathogenic Virulence Genes in Escherichia coli Isolated from Children with Urinary Tract Infection in Sanandaj, Iran - Archives of Pediatric Infectious Diseases - - Kowsar

Luckily, kidney infections can largely be prevented by monitoring ones habits and lifestyle. Drinking large amounts of fluids such as cranberry juice can help cleanse certain bacteria from the bladder. For women, urinating after sexual intercourse can help flush out any bacteria from the urethra. Urinating when necessary, rather than holding urine can also prevent bacteria from building up inside the bladder. Maintenance of personal hygiene is critical as well: women should take care to wipe carefully from front to back after bowel movements to ensure that bacteria from the anal region doesnt get into the vagina. With the necessary precautions, the incidence of kidney infections can be greatly reduced ...

Kidney Infection is painful, and can lead to further kidney problems and diseases. Read more about kidney infections causes, symptoms and treatments.

There have also been reports of strongest antibiotic for kidney infection severe allergic reactions when taking these antibiotics Dec 04, 2019 · Amoxicillin belongs to the penicillin group of drugs and is a widely used antibiotic to treat infections caused by bacteria. The following is a list of antibiotics.The highest division between antibiotics is bactericidal and bacteriostatic.Bactericidals kill bacteria directly, whereas bacteriostatics prevent them from dividing. Since the drafting of the Surgical Infection Society (SIS) guidelines for the management of intra-abdominal infections in 2002 [1, 2], ertapenem, moxifloxacin, and tigecycline have been approved by the U.S. Make sure you finish the entire course of antibiotics before stopping. However, several problems can increase the risk of a kidney infection. Left untreated, yeast infections will usually go away on their own, but the severe itching can be hard to tolerate for some TEST BANK for NCLEX-RN & NCLEX-PN Examination Pretest ...

I have recently had a bladder infection and was prescribed nitrofurination which helped however i got a fever felt tired and weak and generally flu like symptoms. since coming off them i have had pain in my back and in my side, near my ri

Kidney infections are a result of a bacterial infection that usually starts out as a urinary tract infection. The bacterium causing the infection can trave

Read about kidney infection (pyelonephritis) causes for example, a UTI, kidney stones, pregnancy and more. Common symptoms include back pain, fever, chills, nausea and vomiting.

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A KIDNEY infection - also known as pyelonephritis - is an illness caused by bacteria travelling from your bladder into one or both of your kidneys. Symptoms can be painful, experts warn.

A kidney infection (pyelonephritis) is a painful and unpleasant illness caused by bacteria travelling from your bladder into one or both of your kidneys.

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In a message dated 9/28/99 5:37:03 AM, email @ redacted writes: ,,yesterday it was like a stomach ache..meaning the area the pain was in and now its lower, like where it can almost be felt through my back. ,, Amy, this description of pain would be consistent for me with a bladder infection turning into a kidney infection. With kidney infections I have always had severe effects on blood sugar -- not had any since pumping, but would think the basal rate would increase somewhat, but the bolus rate even more (with the infections I have had). You dont want to fool around with kidney infections -- make sure they know you have lower back pain. Linda ---------------------------------------------------------- for HELP or to subscribe/unsubscribe, contact: [email protected] help SUPPORT Insulin Pumpers http://www.insulin-pumpers.org/donate.shtml ...

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When a woman is pregnant, a high concentration of progesterone occurs in her body, causing inhibited works of various parts of the body, including the ureter. When a high level of progesterone presents, contraction of these drainage ducts in the secretion system is inhibited. As a result, the ureter in pregnant women works slower than those in women who are not pregnant.. In addition to this excessive level of progesterone, the uterus grows larger during each trimester, compressing the ureters. Since the ureters are compressed, proper drainage from the kidney is distracted.. In some cases, a much slower reaction of the ureters leads to stagnant urine in the kidney. If the urine is not washed out from the body immediately, it is possible for the bacteria from the bladder to migrate to the kidneys, increasing the risk of infestation and infection. These causal bacteria thus overgrow inside the kidney, causing the occurrence of infection symptoms.. ...

Symptoms of kidney pain Kidney pain is usually a constant dull ache deep in your right or left flank, or both flanks, that often gets worse when someone gently hits the area. Only one kidney is usually affected in most conditions, so you typically feel pain on only one side of your back ...

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hey everyone!! i have noticed since i have been sick (flu) my pee is a really odd colored red almost rust like. I have been drinking tons of gatorade!! I have no pain. could it be a kidney infection or bladder infection, even though there is no pain. I thought maybe i was bleeding from the uterus...

Reservoirs of uropathogenic E. coli within the bladder exist in higher numbers post-menopause than pre-menopause, researchers have found.

I had a UTI/Kidney infection that supposedly is all cleared up. But I am still having all the same symptoms, most importantly pain in my back around the location where the kidneys are. A CT shows that the pain isnt from the past infection. The Eruologist thinks that the infection left this raw on the inside and it will take some time for things to clear up. She gave me some med to help me not go so often, but it has a stimulant in it and so I only take on in the morning because I would never sleep id I took it at night. She also said to increase Vit C by a lot, 500mg 2 to 3 times a day, however you can tolerate it. Im doing gummies, cause they are fun ...

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