Metagenomic Signatures of Gut Infections Caused by Different Escherichia coli Pathotypes

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E. coli infectious diarrhea is an important contributor to child mortality worldwide. However, diagnosing and thus treating E. coli infections remain challenging due to technical and other reasons associated with the limitations of the traditional culture-based techniques and the requirement to apply Koch’s postulates. In this study, we integrated traditional microbiology techniques with metagenomics and...

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