Extra-intestinal pathogenic lineages of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli are associated with prolonged ESBL gene carriage.
Boas C L Van Der PuttenJarne M van HattemJohn PendersCombat ConsortiumDaniel R MendeConstance SchultszPublished in: Access microbiology (2024)
Although ExPEC lineages frequently cause extra-intestinal infections such as bloodstream infections, our results indicate that ExPEC lineages are also efficient intestinal colonizers, which potentially contributes to their onward transmission.