Molecularly defined extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli status predicts virulence in a murine sepsis model better than does virotype, individual virulence genes, or clonal subset among E. coli ST131 isolates
Background: Escherichia coli ST131, mainly its H30 clade, is the leading cause of extraintestinal E. coli infections but its correlates of virulence are undefined. Materials and methods: We tested in a murine sepsis model 84 ST131 isolates that differed by country of origin (Spain vs. USA), clonal s...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2020-01-01
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Series: | Virulence |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21505594.2020.1747799 |