Pandemic ST131Escherichia colipresenting the UPEC/EAEC and ExPEC/EAEC hybrid pathotypes recovered from extraintestinal infections in a clinical setting of the Brazilian Amazon region
Nathália M. S. Bighi,
Érica L. Fonseca,
Fernanda S. Freitas
et al.
Abstract:Escherichia coli is part of the commensal microbiota of human and animal gut. However, they may become pathogenic due to the acquisition of virulence factors that provide the ability to cause intestinal or extraintestinal infections, which makes E. coli the main cause of diarrheagenic diseases and urinary tract infections (UTIs) worldwide, respectively. Some strains, known as hybrids, may harbour a mix of virulence determinants of both diarrheagenic (DEC) and extraintestinal E. coli (ExPEC) pathotypes. Reports… Show more
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