Transient microbiota exposures activate dormant Escherichia coli infection in the bladder and drive severe outcomes of recurrent disease

• Nicole M. Gilbert ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nicole M. Gilbert, Valerie P. O’Brien

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Reproductive Health Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Molecular Microbiology, Center for Women’s Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4830-3257

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• Valerie P. O’Brien ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nicole M. Gilbert, Valerie P. O’Brien

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Center for Women’s Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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• Amanda L. Lewis

  * E-mail: allewis@wustl.edu

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Reproductive Health Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Molecular Microbiology, Center for Women’s Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6195-3030

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