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Structure and urovirulence characteristics of the fecal Escherichia coli population among healthy women.
Microbes and infection - 1 Feb 2009
Moreno Eva, Johnson James R, Pérez Teresa, Prats Guillem, Kuskowski Michael A, Andreu Antonia
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The fecal Escherichia coli population structure may influence the occurrence and etiology of extraintestinal infection, but is poorly understood. Accordingly, fecal E. coli from 39 healthy women (30 putative colonies per subject) were characterized for clonal identity, urinary tract infection-associated virulence traits, and phylogenetic background. The 120 unique E. coli clones (mean, three per sample) were...
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