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The characterization and antibiotic resistance profiles of clinical Escherichia coli O25b-B2-ST131 isolates in Kuwait.
BMC microbiology - 28 Aug 2014
Dashti Ali A, Vali Leila, El-Shazly Sherief, Jadaon Mehrez M
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BACKGROUND: Escherichia coli O25b-B2-ST131 are considered virulent extra-intestinal pathogens causing serious clinical complications such as urinary tract infection and bacteraemia. Our main objectives in this study were to characterise the multi-drug resistant (MDR) isolates of this lineage in Kuwait, and to demonstrate whether reduced susceptibility is spread clonally. RESULTS: A subset of 83 (10%)...
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