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Temporal changes in the prevalence of community-acquired antimicrobial-resistant urinary tract infection affected by Escherichia coli clonal group composition.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Mar 2008
Smith Sherry P, Manges Amee R, Riley Lee W
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BACKGROUND: The changing prevalence of drug-resistant community-acquired urinary tract infection (UTI) is often attributed to local antimicrobial drug use or prescribing practices. However, recent molecular epidemiologic studies of community-acquired UTI suggest that other factors may play a greater role. METHODS: We conducted a multiyear, cross-sectional study to characterize temporal changes in the prevalence...
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