Characterization of Globally Spread Escherichia coli ST131 Isolates (1991 to 2010)

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2012

Authors

Angela Novais (Author) Other; Joao Pires (Author) Other; Helena Ferreira (Author) Other; Luisa Costa (Author) Other; Carolina Montenegro (Author) Other; Claudia Vuotto (Author) Other; Gianfranco Donelli (Author) Other; Teresa M Coque (Author) Other; Luisa Peixe (Author) FFUP

Journal

Title: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Vol. 56

Pages: 3973-3976

ISSN: 0066-4804

Publisher: American Society for Microbiology

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Scientific classification

FOS: Medical and Health sciences > Basic medicine

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-8GB

DOI: 10.1128/aac.00475-12

Abstract (EN): The characterization of a broad representative sample of ST131 Eschoichia coil isolates from different origins and settings (1991 to 2010) revealed that this clonal group has likely diversified recently and that the expansion of particular variants has probably been favored by the capture of diverse, multidrug-resistant IncFII plasmids (pC15-1a, pEK499, pKF3-140-like). The low ability to adhere and to grow as biofilm that was detected in this study suggests unknown mechanisms for the persistence of this clonal group which need to be further explored.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4