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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2008, p. 4078-4082, Vol. 46, No. 12
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00980-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Multiple-Host Sharing, Long-Term Persistence, and Virulence of Escherichia coli Clones from Human and Animal Household Members{triangledown}

James R. Johnson,* Connie Clabots, and Michael A. Kuskowski

Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Received 21 May 2008/ Returned for modification 6 July 2008/ Accepted 12 October 2008

During a 3-year surveillance, six household members (five humans and the family dog) yielded 14 Escherichia coli clones. Virulence genes, group B2, and having caused cystitis (in the mother or dog) corresponded to colonization endpoints (number of samples, colonies, hosts, and dates). The dog's cystitis clone was the most extensively recovered clone.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Infectious Diseases (111F), Minneapolis VA Medical Center, 1 Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55417. Phone: (612) 467-4185. Fax: (612) 727-5995. E-mail: johns007{at}umn.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 22 October 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2008, p. 4078-4082, Vol. 46, No. 12
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00980-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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