Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Endemic and Epidemic Lineages of Escherichia coli that Cause Urinary Tract Infections

Amee R. Manges

, Helen Tabor, Patricia Tellis, Caroline Vincent, and Pierre-Paul Tellier

Author affiliations: McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada (A.R. Manges, P. Tellis, C. Vincent, P.-P. Tellier); National Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (H. Tabor);

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XbaI and NotI pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns for clonal group I Escherichia coli isolated from women with urinary tract infections in Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2006. The 6 isolates shown were resistant to ciprofloxacin and in serogroup O25:H4. First and last lanes, bacteriophage λ; lane +, positive control.

Figure 2. XbaI and NotI pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns for clonal group I Escherichia coli isolated from women with urinary tract infections in Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2006. The 6 isolates shown were resistant to ciprofloxacin and in serogroup O25:H4. First and last lanes, bacteriophage λ; lane +, positive control.

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