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Commonality among fluoroquinolone-resistant sequence type ST131 extraintestinal Escherichia coli isolates from humans and companion animals in Australia.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2011
Platell Joanne L, Cobbold Rowland N, Johnson James R, Heisig Anke, Heisig Peter, Clabots Connie, Kuskowski Michael A, Trott Darren J
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Escherichia coli sequence type 131 (ST131), an emergent multidrug-resistant extraintestinal pathogen, has spread epidemically among humans and was recently isolated from companion animals. To assess for human-companion animal commonality among ST131 isolates, 214 fluoroquinolone-resistant extraintestinal E. coli isolates (205 from humans, 9 from companion animals) from diagnostic laboratories in Australia,...
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