Genomic analysis uncovers a phenotypically diverse but genetically homogeneous Escherichia coli ST131 clone circulating in unrelated urinary tract infections

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 868-877

  Clark, Gemma ^a   Paszkiewicz, Konrad ^b   Hale, James ^c   Weston, Vivienne ^d   Constantinidou, Chrystala ^e   Penn, Charles ^e   Achtman, Mark ^c   McNally, Alan ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E. coli ST131; ESBLs; ExPEC; Genomes; Phenotypes; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84858692213     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr585     Document Type: Article

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