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Editorial
. 2013 Nov;57(9):1266-9.
doi: 10.1093/cid/cit505. Epub 2013 Aug 6.

Editorial commentary: flying under the radar: the stealth pandemic of Escherichia coli sequence type 131

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Editorial

Editorial commentary: flying under the radar: the stealth pandemic of Escherichia coli sequence type 131

Ebbing Lautenbach. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: E. coli; ST131; antibiotic resistance; pandemic.

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