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First Report of Prevalence of CTX-M-15-Producing Escherichia coli O25b/ST131 from Iran.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Oct 2017
Namaei Mohammad Hasan, Yousefi Masoud, Ziaee Masoud, Salehabadi Alireza, Ghannadkafi Malaknaz, Amini Elham, Askari Parvin
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The emergence of Escherichia coli sequence type 131 (ST131) as a multidrug-resistant and virulent pathogen represents a major challenge to public health globally. Recently, the O25b/ST131 E. coli producing CTX-M-15 with high virulence potential has been reported worldwide, but has received little attention in Iran. This study is the first in Iran to specifically determine the spread of the O25b/ST131 clone...
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