Virulence, phylogenetic background and antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli associated with extraintestinal infections

Background: Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a major cause of urinary tract infections and bloodstream infections and an important agent in the resistance to antibiotics. The present study sought to determine associations between virulence, phylogenetic background and antimicrobial resistance of E. col...

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Main Authors: Katarína Čurová, Radka Slebodníková, Marta Kmeťová, Vladimír Hrabovský, Matúš Maruniak, Erika Liptáková, Leonard Siegfried
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034120305621