Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) is a causative agent in the vast majority of urinary
tract infections (UTIs), including cystitis and pyelonephritis, and infectious complications …

Paradigms in the pathogenesis of urinary tract infections have shifted dramatically as a
result of recent scientific revelations. Beyond extracellular colonization of the bladder …

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC), which are the leading cause of both acute and
chronic urinary tract infections, often secrete a labile pore-forming toxin known as α …

Cranberry consumption has shown prophylactic effects against urinary tract infections (UTI),
although the mechanisms involved are not completely understood. In this paper, cranberry …

The signaling networks regulating antimicrobial activity during urinary tract infection (UTI)
are incompletely understood. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels increase with UTI severity, but the …

Findings concerning the antiadhesive activity of cranberry phenolic compounds and their
microbial-derived metabolites against Gram-negative (Escherichia coli ATCC 53503 and …

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) and catheter-associated UTIs (CAUTIs) are the principal
hospital-acquired infections. Proteus mirabilis is characterized by several virulence factors …

ABSTRACT Cytotoxic necrotizing factor 1 (CNF1) and hemolysin (HlyA1) are toxins
produced by uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC). We previously showed that these …

In the urinary tract, the innate immune system detects conserved bacterial components and
responds to infection by activating the proinflammatory transcription factor NF-κB, resulting …

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) cause the majority of community-onset urinary tract
infections (UTI) and represent a major etiologic agent of healthcare-associated UTI …