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Molecular Screening of Virulence Genes in Extraintestinal Pathogenic<i>Escherichia coli</i>Isolated from Human Blood Culture in Brazil
1 Jan 2014
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Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) is one of the main etiological agents of bloodstream infections caused by Gram-negative bacilli. In the present study, 20 E. coli isolates from human hemocultures were characterized to identify genetic features associated with virulence (pathogenicity islands markers, phylogenetic group, virulence genes, plasmid profiles, and conjugative plasmids) and these...
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