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 Putten Jarne M van Hattem John PendersCombat ConsortiumDaniel R Mende Constance Schultsz

Published 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.

Keyphrases

escherichia coli
klebsiella pneumoniae
biofilm formation
multidrug resistant
genome wide
copy number
gene expression
cystic fibrosis