Genome sequencing of strains of the most prevalent clonal group of O1:K1:H7 Escherichia coli that causes neonatal meningitis in France

Genome sequencing of strains of the most prevalent clonal group of O1:K1:H7 Escherichia coli that causes neonatal meningitis in France

Abstract Background To describe the temporal dynamics, molecular characterization, clinical and ex vivo virulence of emerging O1:K1 neonatal meningitis Escherichia coli (NMEC) strains of Sequence Type complex (STc) 95 in France. The national reference center collected NMEC strains and performed whol...

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Main Authors: Guillaume Geslain, André Birgy, Sandrine Adiba, Mélanie Magnan, Céline Courroux, Corinne Levy, Robert Cohen, Philippe Bidet, Stéphane Bonacorsi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Subjects:
Escherichia coli
Meningitis
Newborns
Sequencing data analysis
Amoeba model
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-018-1376-4

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