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Escherichia coli isolates causing bacteremia via gut translocation and urinary tract infection in young infants exhibit different virulence genotypes.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Jun 2011
Mahjoub-Messai Farah, Bidet Philippe, Caro Valérie, Diancourt Laure, Biran Valérie, Aujard Yannick, Bingen Edouard, Bonacorsi Stéphane
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli bacteremia in young infants may arise via either urinary tract infection or gut translocation (GT). E. coli GT isolates have rarely been investigated. Molecular analysis of 100 E. coli isolates recovered from bacteremic infants revealed that GT isolates had multilocus sequence types similar to those of urosepsis isolates but different prevalences of PapGII adhesin, TcpC protectin, and ibeA...
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