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Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli O78:H10, the cause of an outbreak of urinary tract infection.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 2012
Olesen Bente, Scheutz Flemming, Andersen Rebecca L, Menard Megan, Boisen Nadia, Johnston Brian, Hansen Dennis S, Krogfelt Karen A, Nataro James P, Johnson James R
Abstract excerpt
In 1991, multiresistant Escherichia coli O78:H10 strains caused an outbreak of urinary tract infections in Copenhagen, Denmark. The phylogenetic origin, clonal background, and virulence characteristics of the outbreak isolates, and their relationship to nonoutbreak O78:H10 strains according to these traits and resistance profiles, are unknown. Accordingly, we extensively characterized 51 archived E. coli O78:H10...
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