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Population Structure and Antimicrobial Resistance of Canine Uropathogenic Escherichia coli.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 2018
LeCuyer Tessa E, Byrne Barbara A, Daniels Joshua B, Diaz-Campos Dubraska V, Hammac G Kenitra, Miller Claire B, Besser Thomas E, Davis Margaret A
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli is the most common cause of human and canine urinary tract infection (UTI). Clonal groups, often with high levels of antimicrobial resistance, are a major component of the E. coli population that causes human UTI. While little is known about the population structure of E. coli that causes UTI in dogs, there is evidence that dogs and humans can share fecal strains of E. coli and that...
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