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Virulence genotypes of Escherichia coli strains from bacteremia in relation to phylogeny.
Roumanian archives of microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 2000
Usein Codruţa-Romaniţa, Palade Andi-Marian, Popovici Natalia, Tatu-Chitoiu Dorina, Ciontea Simona, Damian Maria
Abstract excerpt
Bacteremia is the principal way of dissemination of local infections to distant organs. Escherichia coli bacteremia is almost always clinically significant, suggesting an increased risk of developing sepsis syndrome. Fifty-one E. coli bloodstream human isolates were analyzed using PCR technique for several molecular markers associated with extraintestinal virulence, and their phylogenetic group assignment, taking...
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