Clonal structure and virulence factors in strains of Escherichia coli of the classic serogroup O55.

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Published in Infect Immun on July 01, 1996

Authors

J Rodrigues1, I C Scaletsky, L C Campos, T A Gomes, T S Whittam, L R Trabulsi

Author Affiliations

1: Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Clências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.

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