Characterization of auto-agglutinating and non-typeable uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains

Conclusions: The genotyping allowed identifying the serogroup in many of the strains that could not be typed by traditional serology. The strains carried virulence genes and were multidrug-resistant in both, commensal and virulent phylogroups. Our findings revealed that, in addition to the classical UPEC serogroups, there are pathogenic serogroups not reported yet.
Source: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research