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Extraintestinal Pathogenic and Antimicrobial-Resistant Escherichia coli Contamination of 56 Public Restrooms in the Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jul 2015
Mohamed Muhanad, Owens Kris, Gajewski Abby, Clabots Connie, Johnston Brian, Thuras Paul, Kuskowski Michael A, Johnson James R
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How extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) and antimicrobial-resistant E. coli disseminate through the population is undefined. We studied public restrooms for contamination with E. coli and ExPEC in relation to source and extensively characterized the E. coli isolates. For this, we cultured 1,120 environmental samples from 56 public restrooms in 33 establishments (obtained from 10 cities in the...
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