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A disseminated multidrug-resistant clonal group of uropathogenic Escherichia coli in pyelonephritis.
Lancet (London, England) - 29 Jun 2002
Johnson James R, Manges Amee R, O'Bryan Timothy T, Riley Lee W
Abstract excerpt
In acute pyelonephritis, bacterial resistance to co-trimoxazole predicts treatment failure, but the clonal basis of such resistance is undefined. We did molecular and serological analyses of 170 Escherichia coli urine isolates obtained in 1994-96 from women with acute pyelonephritis. 12 (7%) of the pyelonephritis isolates were in clonal group A (CGA; responsible for 38-51% of co-trimoxazole resistance in acute...
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