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Whole-genome comparison of urinary pathogenic Escherichia coli and faecal isolates of UTI patients and healthy controls.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM - 1 Dec 2017
Nielsen Karen Leth, Stegger Marc, Kiil Kristoffer, Godfrey Paul A, Feldgarden Michael, Lilje Berit, Andersen Paal S, Frimodt-Møller Niels
Abstract excerpt
The faecal flora is a common reservoir for urinary tract infection (UTI), and Escherichia coli (E. coli) is frequently found in this reservoir without causing extraintestinal infection. We investigated these E. coli reservoirs by whole-genome sequencing a large collection of E. coli from healthy controls (faecal), who had never previously had UTI, and from UTI patients (faecal and urinary) sampled from the same...
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