Genotyping may provide rapid identification of Escherichia coli K1 organisms that cause neonatal meningitis.

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Escherichia coli K1 is the most common cause of gram-negative neonatal bacterial meningitis and septicemia. In an attempt to identify genetic markers in E. coli K1 that are associated with the capacity of the organism to cause neonatal meningitis, we used rRNA gene restriction patterns. E. coli strains isolated from the CSF of neonates with meningitis (n = 43) on two continents were compared to strains isolated...

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