Characterization of globally spread Escherichia coli ST131 isolates (1991 to 2010)

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3973-3976

  Novais, Ângela ^a   Pires, João ^a   Ferreira, Helena ^a   Costa, Luísa ^a   Montenegro, Carolina ^a   Vuotto, Claudia ^c   Donelli, Gianfranco ^c   Coque, Teresa M ^b   Peixe, Luísa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEMASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CROATIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FRANCE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PLASMID; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTH KOREA; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84862526675     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00475-12     Document Type: Article

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