Genomic Diversity and Fitness of E. coli Strains Recovered from the Intestinal and Urinary Tracts of Women with Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection
- 8 May 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science Translational Medicine
- Vol. 5 (184), 184ra60
- https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.3005497
Abstract
Comparative genomic and functional studies reveal that E. coli strains from women with recurrent urinary tract infection can move between gut and urinary tract without a fitness trade-off.Keywords
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