Ten-year longitudinal molecular epidemiology study of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella species bloodstream infections in Oxfordshire, UK

Ten-year longitudinal molecular epidemiology study of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella species bloodstream infections in Oxfordshire, UK

Abstract Background The incidence of Gram-negative bloodstream infections (BSIs), predominantly caused by Escherichia coli and Klebsiella species, continues to increase; however, the causes of this are unclear and effective interventions are therefore hard to design. Methods In this study, we sequen...

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Main Authors: Samuel Lipworth, Karina-Doris Vihta, Kevin Chau, Leanne Barker, Sophie George, James Kavanagh, Timothy Davies, Alison Vaughan, Monique Andersson, Katie Jeffery, Sarah Oakley, Marcus Morgan, Susan Hopkins, Timothy E. A. Peto, Derrick W. Crook, Ann Sarah Walker, Nicole Stoesser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:Genome Medicine
Subjects:
Gram-negative bloodstream infections
Bacteraemia
Whole genome sequencing, Klebsiella pneumoniae
Virulence
Antimicrobial resistance
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-021-00947-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-021-00947-2

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