Characterization of Vaginal Escherichia coli Isolated from Pregnant Women in Two Different African Sites.

The relevance of vaginal colonization of pregnant women by Escherichia coli is poorly understood, despite these strains sharing a similar virulence profile with other extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli producing severe obstetric and neonatal infections. We characterized the epidemiology, antimicrobi...

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Main Authors: Emma Sáez-López, Anélsio Cossa, Rachid Benmessaoud, Lola Madrid, Cinta Moraleda, Sonia Villanueva, Houssain Tligui, Benilde Moiane, Hassan Alami, Sérgio Massora, Rachid Bezad, Inacio Mandomando, Jordi Bosch, Jordi Vila, Quique Bassat, Sara M Soto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4936694?pdf=render