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Escherichia coli bacteraemia in pregnant women is life-threatening for foetuses.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Dec 2014
Surgers L, Bleibtreu A, Burdet C, Clermont O, Laouénan C, Lefort A, Mentré F, Carbonne B, Bingen E, Meynard J-L, Denamur E
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In order to improve knowledge on Escherichia coli bacteraemia during pregnancy, we studied clinical data and performed molecular characterization of strains for 29 E. coli bacteraemia occurring in pregnant women. Bacteraemia mostly occurred in the third trimester of pregnancy (45%) and was community-acquired (79%). Portals of entry were urinary (55%) and genital (45%). E. coli strains belonged mainly to...
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