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Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli related to uropathogenic clonal group A.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 May 2007
Wallace-Gadsden Faith, Johnson James R, Wain John, Okeke Iruka N
Abstract excerpt
Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) are heterogeneous, diarrheagenic E. coli. Of EAEC strains from Nigeria, 10 independent antimicrobial-resistant isolates belonged to the multilocus sequence type 69 clonal complex, to which uropathogenic E. coli clonal group A belongs. This finding suggests a recent common ancestor for these distinct groups of pathogenic E. coli.
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