Comparative Genomic Analysis of Globally Dominant ST131 Clone with Other Epidemiologically Successful Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) Lineages

Escherichia coli sequence type 131 (ST131), a pandemic clone responsible for the high incidence of extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) infections, has been known widely for its contribution to the worldwide dissemination of multidrug resistance. Although other ExPEC-associated and extended-sp...

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Main Authors: Sabiha Shaik, Amit Ranjan, Sumeet K. Tiwari, Arif Hussain, Nishant Nandanwar, Narender Kumar, Savita Jadhav, Torsten Semmler, Ramani Baddam, Mohammed Aminul Islam, Munirul Alam, Lothar H. Wieler, Haruo Watanabe, Niyaz Ahmed, Rino Rappuoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-10-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/8/5/e01596-17