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Combined multilocus sequence typing and O serogrouping distinguishes Escherichia coli subtypes associated with infant urosepsis and/or meningitis.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Jul 2007
Bidet Philippe, Mahjoub-Messai Farah, Blanco Jorge, Blanco Jesús, Dehem Marie, Aujard Yannick, Bingen Edouard, Bonacorsi Stéphane
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The genetic relatedness of 223 invasive Escherichia coli strains that cause either meningitis or urosepsis without meningitis in young infants was determined by multilocus sequence typing (MLST), ribotyping, and phylogenetic polymerase chain reaction grouping. We also determined the serotypes and virulence genotypes (on the basis of 11 virulence genes). The strains belonged to 29 sequence type complexes (STc), 20...
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