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SUBMITTER: Santos ACM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7355805 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Santos Ana Carolina M ACM Silva Rosa M RM Valiatti Tiago B TB Santos Fernanda F FF Santos-Neto José F JF Cayô Rodrigo R Streling Ana P AP Nodari Carolina S CS Gales Ana C AC Nishiyama-Jr Milton Y MY Carvalho Eneas E Gomes Tânia A T TAT
Microorganisms 20200530 6
Escherichia coli EC121 is a multidrug-resistant (MDR) strain isolated from a bloodstream infection of an inpatient with persistent gastroenteritis and T-zone lymphoma that died due to septic shock. Despite causing an extraintestinal infection, previous studies showed that it did not have the usual characteristics of an extraintestinal pathogenic <i>E. coli.</i> Instead, it belonged to phylogenetic group B1 and harbored few known virulence genes. To evaluate the pathogenic potential of strain EC1 ...[more]