Tackling Drug Resistant Infection Outbreaks of Global Pandemic Escherichia coli ST131 Using Evolutionary and Epidemiological Genomics

Tackling Drug Resistant Infection Outbreaks of Global Pandemic Escherichia coli ST131 Using Evolutionary and Epidemiological Genomics

High-throughput molecular screening is required to investigate the origin and diffusion of antimicrobial resistance in pathogen outbreaks. The most frequent cause of human infection is Escherichia coli, which is dominated by sequence type 131 (ST131)—a set of rapidly radiating pandemic clones. The h...

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Main Author: Tim Downing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-05-01
Series:Microorganisms
Subjects:
population genetics
bacterial infection
recombination
horizontal gene transfer
epidemic
spread
transmission
antimicrobial resistance
clone
pathogen
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/3/2/236

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