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Sequence type 131 fimH30 and fimH41 subclones amongst Escherichia coli isolates in Australia and New Zealand.
International journal of antimicrobial agents - 1 Apr 2015
Rogers Benjamin A, Ingram Paul R, Runnegar Naomi, Pitman Matthew C, Freeman Joshua T, Athan Eugene, Havers Sally, Sidjabat Hanna E, Gunning Earlleen, De Almeida Mary, Styles Kaylene, Paterson David L
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The clonal composition of Escherichia coli causing extra-intestinal infections includes ST131 and other common uropathogenic clones. Drivers for the spread of these clones and risks for their acquisition have been difficult to define. In this study, molecular epidemiology was combined with clinical data from 182 patients enrolled in a case-control study of community-onset expanded-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant...
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