A Population-Based Surveillance Study of Shared Genotypes of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Escherichia coli</named-content> Isolates from Retail Meat and Suspected Cases of Urinary Tract Infections

A Population-Based Surveillance Study of Shared Genotypes of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Escherichia coli</named-content> Isolates from Retail Meat and Suspected Cases of Urinary Tract Infections

ABSTRACT There is increasing evidence that retail food may serve as a source of Escherichia coli that causes community-acquired urinary tract infections, but the impact of this source in a community is not known. We conducted a prospective, population-based study in one community to examine the freq...

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Main Authors: Reina Yamaji, Cindy R. Friedman, Julia Rubin, Joy Suh, Erika Thys, Patrick McDermott, Melody Hung-Fan, Lee W. Riley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-08-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
Escherichia coli
extraintestinal diseases
molecular epidemiology
multidrug resistance
multilocus sequence typing
urinary tract infection
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00179-18

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