Association of phylogenetic distribution and presence of integrons with multidrug resistance in Escherichia coli clinical isolates from children with diarrhoea
Background: Escherichia coli strains include both commensal and virulent clones distributed in different phylogenetic groups. Antimicrobial resistance is an increasingly serious public health threat at the global level and integrons are important mobile genetic elements involved in resistance dissem...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-05-01
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Series: | Journal of Infection and Public Health |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034119303648 |