Grant: DUKE UNIVERSITY
Primary Recipient
DUKE UNIVERSITY
Amount
$54,000.00
Award Date
12/07/2009
Administering Agency
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health
CDFA Number
93.701
CDFA Program Title
Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support
Description
Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) is by far the leading cause of urinary tract infection (UTI), producing 8 of the 10 million infections in the US per year. The most serious complications of UTI include pyelonephritis, sepsis, and meningitis. However,