Prevalence and molecular characteristics of sequence type 131 clone among clinical uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolates in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Background: The antimicrobial resistance of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) has progressively been reported worldwide. This resistance has been ascribed to global dissemination of a single E. coli clone, namely E. coli sequence type 131 (E. coli ST131). The main goal of this stud...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-01-01
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Series: | Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319562X19301822 |