Epidemiologic versus genetic relatedness to define an outbreak-associated uropathogenic Escherichia coli group [3]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 567-568

  Riley, Lee W ^a   Manges, Amee R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; GATIFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 23244444796     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432123     Document Type: Letter

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