Bacterial genome-wide association study substantiates papGII of Escherichia coli as a major risk factor for urosepsis.
Aline CuénodJessica AgnettiHelena M B Seth-SmithTim RoloffDenise WälchliDimitri ShcherbakovRashid AkbergenovSarah Tschudin-SutterStefano BassettiMartin SiegemundChristian H NickelJacob Moran-GiladTimothy G KeysValentin PflügerNicholas R ThomsonAdrian EgliPublished in: Genome medicine (2023)
This study builds on previous work linking papGII with invasive infection by showing that it is a major risk factor for progression from UTI to bacteraemia that has diagnostic potential.