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The population structure of clinical extra-intestinal Escherichia coli in a teaching hospital from Nigeria.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Sept 2018
Seni Jeremiah, Peirano Giselle, Okon Kenneth Okwong, Jibrin Yusuf Bara, Mohammed Alkali, Mshana Stephen E, DeVinney Rebekah, Pitout Johann D D
Abstract excerpt
Limited information is available regarding the population structure of extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) in Africa. Antimicrobial resistance profiles, sequence types (STs) and fimH types were determined on 60 clinical ExPEC from Nigeria using a 7-single nucleotide polymorphism quantitative PCR and sequencing of certain genes. Different ST131 clades were identified with a multiplex PCR. The...
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