Increased Age, but Not Parity Predisposes to Higher Bacteriuria Burdens Due to Streptococcus Urinary Tract Infection and Influences Bladder Cytokine Responses, Which Develop Independent of Tissue Bacterial Loads

• Matthew J. Sullivan,

  Affiliation School of Medical Science, and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

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• Alison J. Carey,

  Current address: Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

  Affiliation School of Medical Science, and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

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• Sophie Y. Leclercq,

  Affiliations School of Medical Science, and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, Research and Development Center, Ezequiel Dias Foundation (Funed), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

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• Chee K. Tan,

  Affiliation School of Medical Science, and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

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• Glen C. Ulett

  * E-mail: g.ulett@griffith.edu.au

  Affiliation School of Medical Science, and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9638-8091

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