Defining nosocomial transmission of Escherichia coli and antimicrobial resistance genes: a genomic surveillance study

Defining nosocomial transmission of Escherichia coli and antimicrobial resistance genes: a genomic surveillance study

Summary: Background: Escherichia coli is a leading cause of bloodstream infections. Developing interventions to reduce E coli infections requires an understanding of the frequency of nosocomial transmission, but the available evidence is scarce. We aimed to detect and characterise transmission of E...

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Main Authors: Catherine Ludden, PhD, Francesc Coll, PhD, Theodore Gouliouris, PhD, Olivier Restif, PhD, Beth Blane, BSc, Grace A Blackwell, PhD, Narender Kumar, PhD, Plamena Naydenova, BSc, Charles Crawley, FRCPath, Nicholas M Brown, FRCPath, Julian Parkhill, ProfPhD, Sharon J Peacock, ProfFRCPath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:The Lancet Microbe
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666524721001178

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