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Clinical and molecular correlates of virulence in Escherichia coli causing bloodstream infection following transrectal ultrasound-guided (TRUS) prostate biopsy.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2013
Williamson Deborah A, Freeman Joshua T, Porter Stephen, Roberts Sally, Wiles Siouxsie, Paterson David L, Johnson James R
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OBJECTIVES: Prevention and management of Escherichia coli bacteraemia following transrectal ultrasound-guided (TRUS) prostate biopsy has become increasingly complicated by antimicrobial resistance, particularly to fluoroquinolones. Moreover, the globally disseminated, multiresistant sequence type 131 (ST131) E. coli clonal group has recently been described as a major pathogen in the setting of post-biopsy sepsis....
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