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Urinary Tract Infection

New urinary tract infection study findings have been published by scientists at University of Michigan, Medical Department

Published in Vaccine Weekly, November 5th, 2008

"Proteus mirabilis, a gram-negative bacterium, is a frequent cause of complicated urinary tract infections in those with functional or anatomical abnormalities or those subject to long-term catheterization. To systematically identify surface-exposed antigens as potential vaccine candidates, proteins in the outer membrane fraction of bacteria were separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and subjected to Western blotting with sera from mice experimentally infected with P. mirabilis," scientists in the United States report.

"Protein spots reactive with sera were identified by mass spectrometry, which in conjunction with the newly completed genome sequence of P....

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