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,