Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli related to uropathogenic clonal group A.
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.
Wallace-Gadsden
Faith
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Department of Biology, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania 19041, USA.
Johnson
James R
JR
Wain
John
J
Okeke
Iruka N
IN
D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D004403:Dysentery / Q000382:microbiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D005408:Flagellin; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009549:Nigeria; D010641:Phenotype; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology*
D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C516095:FliC protein, E coli; D005408:Flagellin