Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Related to Uropathogenic Clonal Group A

• Main Authors: Faith Wallace-Gadsden, James R. Johnson, John Wain, Iruka N. Okeke
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-05-01
• Series: Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Subjects: enteroaggregative Escherichia coli; clonal group A; antimicrobial resistance; antibiotic resistance; multilocus sequence typing; E. coli infections
• Online Access: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/5/06-1057_article

Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) are heterogeneous, diarrheagenic E. coli. Of EAEC strains from Nigeria, 10 independent antimicrobial-resistant isolates belonged to the multilocus sequence type 69 clonal complex, to which uropathogenic E. coli clonal group A belongs. This finding suggests a recent common ancestor for these distinct groups of pathogenic E. coli.