TY - JOUR AU - Johnson, James R. AU - Murray, Andrew C. AU - Kuskowski, Michael A. AU - Schubert, Sören AU - Prère, Marie-Francoise AU - Picard, Bertrand AU - Colodner, Raul AU - Raz, Raul T1 - Distribution and Characteristics of Escherichia coli Clonal Group A T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2005 VL - 11 IS - 1 SP - 141 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Among 1,102 recent Escherichia coli clinical isolates, clonal group A was identified in 17 of 20 (U.S. and non-U.S.) geographic locales, mainly among U.S. isolates (9% vs. 3%; p < 0.001) and those resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (10% vs. 1.7%; p < 0.001). The extensive antimicrobial resistance and virulence profiles of clonal group A may underlie its recent widespread emergence. KW - Escherichia coli KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - virulence KW - virulence factors KW - Escherichia coli infections KW - urinary tract infection KW - phylogeny KW - polymerase chain reaction KW - molecular epidemiology KW - dispatch KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1101.040418 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/1/04-0418_article ER - End of Reference