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Escherichia coli sequence type 73 as a cause of community acquired urinary tract infection in men and women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 May 2017
de Souza da-Silva Ana Paula, de Sousa Viviane Santos, Martins Natacha, da Silva Dias Rubens Clayton, Bonelli Raquel Regina, Riley Lee W, Moreira Beatriz Meurer
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli clones ST131, ST69, ST95, and ST73 are frequent causes of urinary tract infections (UTI) and bloodstream infections. Specific clones and virulence profiles of E. coli causing UTI in men has been rarely described. The aim of this study was to characterize patient and clonal characteristics of community-acquired UTI caused by E. coli in men (n=12) and women (n=127) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,...
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