Identification of uropathogenic Escherichia coli clonal group A (CgA) in hospitalised patients

This study provides the first description of healthcare-associated infections with Escherichia coli clonal group A (CgA) isolates in Latin America. Isolates were typed by enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus-PCR, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, E. coli phylogenetic grouping, multilocus...

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Main Authors: Rubens CS Dias, Denise V Marangoni, Lee W Riley, Beatriz M Moreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2009-08-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762009000500021