Extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli: A combination of virulence with antibiotic resistance.

Escherichia coli represents an incredible versatile and diverse enterobacterial species and can be subdivided into the following; i) intestinal non-pathogenic, commensal isolates. ii) intestinal pathogenic isolates and iii) extraintestinal pathogenic or ExPEC isolates. The presence to several putat...

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Main Author: Johann ePitout
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00009/full