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Phylogenetic analysis and prevalence of urosepsis strains of Escherichia coli bearing pathogenicity island-like domains.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jun 2002
Bingen-Bidois Martine, Clermont Olivier, Bonacorsi Stéphane, Terki Mustapha, Brahimi Naïma, Loukil Chawki, Barraud Dominique, Bingen Edouard
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We characterized 100 Escherichia coli urosepsis isolates from adult patients according to host compromise status by means of ribotyping, PCR phylogenetic grouping, and PCR detection of papG alleles and the virulence-related genes sfa/foc, fyuA, irp-2, aer, hly, cnf-1 and hra. We also tested these strains for copies of pap and hly and their direct physical linkage with other virulence genes in an attempt to look...
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