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Characterization of water treatment-resistant and multidrug-resistant urinary pathogenic Escherichia coli in treated wastewater.
Water research - 1 Sept 2020
Zhi Shuai, Stothard Paul, Banting Graham, Scott Candis, Huntley Kristin, Ryu Kanghee, Otto Simon, Ashbolt Nicholas, Checkley Sylvia, Dong Tao, Ruecker Norma J, Neumann Norman F
Abstract excerpt
A growing body of evidence has demonstrated that extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC), such as the urinary pathogenic E. coli (UPEC), are common constituents of treated wastewater, and therefore represent a potential public health risk. However, no single virulence gene, or set of virulence genes, can be used to conclusively identify this genetically diverse pathotype. As such we sought to identify and...
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