Antibody-Based Therapy for Enterococcal Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections

Antibody-Based Therapy for Enterococcal Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections

Gram-positive bacteria in the genus Enterococcus are a frequent cause of catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), a disease whose treatment is increasingly challenged by multiantibiotic-resistant strains. We have recently shown that E. faecalis uses the Ebp pilus, a heteropolymeric surfa...

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Main Authors: Ana L. Flores-Mireles, Jennifer N. Walker, Aaron Potretzke, Henry L. Schreiber, Jerome S. Pinkner, Tyler M. Bauman, Alyssa M. Park, Alana Desai, Scott J. Hultgren, Michael G. Caparon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-10-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/5/e01653-16

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