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Molecular epidemiology of Escherichia coli bacteremia in liver transplant recipients.
Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society - 1 Aug 2011
Bert F, Huynh B, Dondero F, Johnson J R, Paugam-Burtz C, Durand F, Belghiti J, Valla D, Moreau R, Nicolas-Chanoine M-H
Abstract excerpt
The characteristics of Escherichia coli strains causing bacteremia in profoundly immunosuppressed patients such as transplant recipients are undefined. The phylogenetic group and the virulence genotype of 57 distinct E. coli strains that caused bacteremia in 53 liver transplant recipients were investigated, and the association of these characteristics with host factors and in-hospital mortality was examined....
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