Global molecular epidemiology of the O15:K52:H1 extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli clonal group: Evidence of distribution beyond Europe

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1913-1923

  Johnson, James R ^a   Stell, Adam L ^a   O'Bryan, Timothy T ^a   Kuskowski, Michael ^a   Nowicki, Bogdan ^a   Johnson, Candice ^a   Maslow, Joel N ^a   Kaul, Anil ^a   Kavle, Justine ^a   Prats, Guillem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ALLELISM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FLAGELLIN; HUMANS; O ANTIGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RABBITS; SEROTYPING; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036259689     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.6.1913-1923.2002     Document Type: Article

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