Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Characteristics of the Sequence Type 131-H30 Subclone Among Extraintestinal Escherichia coli Collected From US Children
Author(s) -
Arianna Miles-Jay,
Scott J. Weissman,
Amanda L. Adler,
Veronika Tchesnokova,
Evgeni V. Sokurenko,
Janet Baseman,
Danielle M. Zerr
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix805
Subject(s) - medicine , escherichia coli , epidemiology , antimicrobial , microbiology and biotechnology , molecular epidemiology , sequence (biology) , antibiotic resistance , genetics , antibiotics , biology , genotype , gene
Escherichia coli sequence type (ST) 131-H30 is a globally important pathogen implicated in rising rates of multidrug resistance among E. coli causing extraintestinal infections. Previous studies have focused on adults, leaving the epidemiology of H30 among children undefined.
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