Uropathogenic E. coli can use all the following virulence factors to establish infection in the urinary tract except

A) proteases and toxins.
B) antigen mimicry.
C) pili and adhesions.
D) siderophores.
E) invade bladder cells to become intracellular.


Answer: B

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