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Rapid identification of major Escherichia coli sequence types causing urinary tract and bloodstream infections.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 2015
Doumith M, Day M, Ciesielczuk H, Hope R, Underwood A, Reynolds R, Wain J, Livermore D M, Woodford N
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli sequence types (STs) 69, 73, 95, and 131 are collectively responsible for a large proportion of E. coli urinary tract and bloodstream infections, and they differ markedly in their antibiotic susceptibilities. Here, we describe a novel PCR method to rapidly detect and distinguish these lineages. Three hundred eighteen published E. coli genomes were compared in order to identify signature sequences...
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