Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli O78:H10, the cause of an outbreak of urinary tract infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3703-3711

  Olesen, Bente ^a,b   Scheutz, Flemming ^b   Andersen, Rebecca L ^a   Menard, Megan ^c   Boisen, Nadia ^d   Johnston, Brian ^c   Hansen, Dennis S ^a   Krogfelt, Karen A ^b   Nataro, James P ^d   Johnson, James R ^c  

^a HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; MECILLINAM; NITROFURANTOIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AAIC GENE; AAP GENE; AATA GENE; AGGA GENE; AGGR GENE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI O78 H10; EPIDEMIC; EPITHELIUM CELL; FYUA GENE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IUT GENE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORF3 GENE; ORF61 GENE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PIC GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SAT GENE; SEPSIS; TRAT GENE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; SEPSIS; SEROTYPING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84867563084     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01909-12     Document Type: Article

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