Article
Evolutionary history of the global emergence of the Escherichia coli epidemic clone ST131
2015-11-06
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ABSTRACT Background Escherichia coli sequence type 131 (ST131) has emerged globally as the most predominant lineage within this clinically important species, and its association with fluoroquinolone and extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance impacts significantly on treatment. The evolutionary histories of this lineage, and of important antimicrobial resistance elements within it, remain unclearly defined. Res...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 290ed1bf-e0ed-5b70-8eff-d875f8b3f7cd
- DOI
- 10.1101/030668
