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Prevalence of fluoroquinolone-resistant and broad-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant community-acquired urinary tract infections in Rio de Janeiro: Impact of Escherichia coli genotypes ST69 and ST131.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2020
de Souza da-Silva Ana Paula, de Sousa Viviane Santos, de Araújo Longo Luís Guilherme, Caldera Saharai, Baltazar Isabel Cristina Lemos, Bonelli Raquel Regina, Santoro-Lopes Guilherme, Riley Lee Woodland, Moreira Beatriz Meurer
Abstract excerpt
Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) is the leading cause of community-acquired urinary tract infection (CA-UTI). The increasing prevalence of CA-UTI caused by UPEC strains resistant to broad-spectrum drugs complicates clinical management of these infections. Here we assessed the prevalence of antimicrobial drug resistance, genotypes and beta-lactamase genes among UPEC isolated from cases of CA-UTI in Rio de...
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