title: Identification of uropathogenic Escherichia coli clonal group A (CgA) in hospitalised patients.
abstract: This study provides the first description of healthcare-associated infections with Escherichia coli clonal group A (CgA) isolates in Latin America. Isolates were typed by enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus-PCR, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, E. coli phylogenetic grouping, multilocus sequence typing and fimH single nucleotide polymorphism analysis. Out of 42 E. coli hospital isolates studied, three belonged to E. coli phylogenetic group D and ST69 and had fimH sequences identical to that of the CgA reference strain ATCC BAA-457. E. coli CgA is another potential source of resistant infections in hospitals.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Rubens C S
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: Denise V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Marangoni
authors.forename: Lee W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Riley
authors.forename: Beatriz M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Moreira
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D056689:Uropathogenic Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*