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Escherichia coli shedding patterns in humans and dogs: insights into within-household transmission of phylotypes associated with urinary tract infections.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Oct 2009
Damborg P, Nielsen S S, Guardabassi L
Abstract excerpt
Within-household transmission of Escherichia coli may contribute to the pathogenesis of urinary tract infection but understanding of transmission is limited by the lack of longitudinal data on individual shedding patterns. In this study, faecal E. coli was isolated over 6 months from 18 humans and 13 dogs in eight households. Typing 322 E. coli isolates by amplified fragment length polymorphism showed high...
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