Characterization of Escherichia coli isolated from urinary tract infection and association between virulence expression and antimicrobial susceptibility

Abstract Background The capacity of antibiotics to modulate bacterial virulence has raised concerns over the appropriateness of antibiotic therapies, including when dosing strategies fall below sub-therapeutic levels. In this work, we investigated the ability of antibiotics to influence virulence in...

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Main Authors: Safoura Derakhshan, Sanaz Ahmadi, Erfan Ahmadi, Sherko Nasseri, Abbas Aghaei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-04-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-022-02506-0