Article
Phenotypic Assessment of Clinical <i>Escherichia coli</i> Isolates Predicts Uropathogenic Potential
2022-09-02
Abstract excerpt
For women in the United States, urinary tract infections (UTI) are the most frequent diagnosis in emergency departments, comprising 21.3% of total visits. Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) causes ∼80% of uncomplicated UTI. To combat this public health issue, it is vital to characterize UPEC strains as well as differentiate them from commensal strains to reduce the overuse of antibiotics. Surprisingly, no gene...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 0006083a-eb90-5ac8-b973-c47a83a7a36a
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.08.31.506135
