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Persistent Pandemic Lineages of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli in a College Community from 1999 to 2017.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 2018
Yamaji Reina, Rubin Julia, Thys Erika, Friedman Cindy R, Riley Lee W
Abstract excerpt
The incidence of drug-resistant community-acquired urinary tract infections (CA-UTI) continues to increase worldwide. In 1999 to 2000, a single lineage of uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) sequence type 69 (ST69) caused 51% of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole-resistant UTI in a Northern California university community. We compared the clonal distributions of UPEC and its impact on antimicrobial resistance...
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