1. Escherichia coli O104:H4 Infections and International Travel.
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Allen, Vanessa G., Alexander, David C., Hao, Weilong, Gilmour, Matthew W., Zittermann, Sandra, Sarabia, Alicia, Melano, Roberto G., Peralta, Analyn, Lombos, Marina, Warren, Keisha, Amatnieks, Yuri, Virey, Evangeline, Ma, Jennifer H., Jamieson, Frances B., and Low, Donald E.
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ESCHERICHIA coli , *EPIDEMICS , *GENOMES , *DRUG resistance in bacteria , *DRUG resistance in microorganisms - Abstract
We analyzed travel-associated clinical isolates of Escherichia coli O104:H4, including 1 from the 2011 German outbreak and 1 from a patient who returned from the Philippines in 2010, by genome sequencing and optical mapping. Despite extensive genomic similarity between these strains, key differences included the distribution of toxin and antimicrobial drug-resistance determinants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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