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Microbiology Department, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Received 23 August 2007/ Returned for modification 1 October 2007/ Accepted 17 December 2007
Neonatal meningitis and septicemia caused by Escherichia coli are still major health problems in industrialized countries. Forty-seven E. coli strains causing neonatal sepsis were analyzed. Twenty-two and 25 strains caused early (detected from 0 to 3 days after birth) and late (detected from 4 to 28 days after birth) infections, respectively. Only the ibeA gene was significantly more prevalent in the strains causing early infections.
Published ahead of print on 26 December 2007.
| Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. | Clin. Microbiol. Rev. |
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| Clin. Vaccine Immunol. | ALL ASM JOURNALS |
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