Unusual genotype of a uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain assigned to the B2 phylogenetic group

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3105-3106

  Mendonça, Nuno ^a   Calhau, Vera ^a   Lin, Tess ^b   Boaventura, Luísa ^c   Ribeiro, Graça ^c   Da Silva, Gabriela Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SIDEROPHORE;

ADK GENE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CHUA GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIMBRIA; GENOTYPE; GYRB GENE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; ICD GENE; LETTER; MALE; MDH GENE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE; TSPE4 C2 GENE; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; YJAA GENE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79960931122     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00585-11     Document Type: Letter

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