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Genetic relationship between Escherichia coli strains isolated from the intestinal flora and those responsible for infectious diseases among patients hospitalized in intensive care units.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Sept 2002
Mereghetti L, Tayoro J, Watt S, Lanotte P, Loulergue J, Perrotin D, Quentin R
Abstract excerpt
The exact origin of strains of Escherichia coli responsible for infectious diseases in intensive care units (ICUs) remains partly unknown. Our aim was to determine the nature of the link between strains from the intestinal flora of hospital staff, strains from the intestinal flora of patients hospitalized in ICUs and strains isolated from ICU patients with invasive diseases. For this purpose, 77 strains of E....
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