Date:   7/7/2007 6:45:39 PM ( 18 y ago)
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Bacteria Can Gang Up On You

Study Says Urinary Tract Infection Bacteria Build Fort-Like Colonies

Kidney disease expert Dr. Josephine P. Briggs says the discovery of E. coli biofilm is "very intriguing" and might explain why some bladder infections are so difficult to control in some patients.

(AP) A germ that causes stubborn urinary tract infections may be resistant to antibiotics because it invades the bladder cells and builds a fort-like colony that is impervious to drugs and attack from the body's own immune system, researchers say.  Go here

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