Uropathogenic properties of Proteus mirabilis and Proteus vulgaris.

摘要: Summary A group of faecal isolates Proteus vulgaris and P. mirabilis was studied for the presence possible virulence factors such as growth rates in urine broth, haemolysin production, hydrophobicity, sensitivity to bactericidal activity human serum cell invasiveness. Differences were found invasiveness experimental a mouse model. These differences might explain why is much more common urinary-tract infections than vulgaris.