Impact of diversity of colonizing strains on strategies for sampling Escherichia coli from fecal specimens

Ebbing Lautenbach; Warren B. Bilker; Pam Tolomeo; Joel N. Maslow

doi:10.1128/JCM.00945-08

Impact of diversity of colonizing strains on strategies for sampling Escherichia coli from fecal specimens

Ebbing Lautenbach, Warren B. Bilker, Pam Tolomeo, Joel N. Maslow

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Of 49 subjects, 21 were colonized with more than one strain of Escherichia coli and 12 subjects had at least one strain present in fewer than 20% of colonies. The ability to accurately characterize E. coli strain diversity is directly related to the number of colonies sampled and the underlying prevalence of the strain.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3094-3096
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume	46
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00945-08
State	Published - Sep 2008

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