Assessing the diversity of the virulence potential of Escherichia coli isolated from bacteremia in São Paulo, Brazil

Most of the knowledge of the virulence determinants of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) comes from studies with human strains causing urinary tract infections and neonatal meningitis and animal strains causing avian colibacillosis. In this research, we analyzed the phylogenetic ba...

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Main Authors: A.C.M. Santos, A.C.M. Zidko, A.C. Pignatari, R.M. Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2013-11-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2013001100968&lng=en&tlng=en