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SUBMITTER: Tchesnokova VL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6321845 | biostudies-other | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20190101 2
We describe the rapid and ongoing emergence across multiple US cities of a new multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli clone-sequence type (ST) 1193-resistant to fluoroquinolones (100%), trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (55%), and tetracycline (53%). ST1193 is associated with younger adults (age <40 years) and currently comprises a quarter of fluoroquinolone-resistant clinical E. coli urine isolates. ...[more]