Study authors conducted a retrospective, observational study to assess the prevalence and risk of recurrence of extraintestinal invasive E coli infections in the United States.
Study authors assessed the association of piperacillin/tazobactam MIC, meropenem MIC, and beta-lactam resistance genes with mortality in the MERINO trial.
The SEPTICOLI study was conducted to determine the effect of host characteristics, bacterial virulence, and antibiotic resistance on the outcomes of patients with E coli bloodstream infections.
Study shows ST-167, ST-940, and the isolate with an unidentifiable sequence type were cultured from blood and carried the blaNDM-5 gene, conferring phenotypic carbapenem resistance.
There is a correlation between a high level of amyloid-producing Escherichia coli in the intestines, followed by their depletion due to prophage induction and the initiation of autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes (T1D) progression, according to research findings presented at the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Microbe 2019, held June 20-24, 2019 in San Francisco,…
Data on the in vitro susceptibility of urinary isolates of Escherichia coli to first- and second-line empirically prescribed oral antimicrobials were published in the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents.
The ERADICATE Hp2 trial enrolled 455 dyspepsia patients at 55 sites across the US and randomized them to receive 4 capsules, 3 times daily, of either Talicia or the active comparator, for 14 days.
New data suggest an association between general practitioners’ prescribing habits for urinary tract infections and UTI-related E coli bacteremia incidence.
Possible Escherichia coli contamination has triggered the recall of ground beef products made from chuck that were sold at Publix Super Markets in Florida.
The majority of mismatched prescribed antibiotics for suspected UTI at an urgent care clinic among patients 70+ years old or with diabetes or urinary catheterization is likely the result of the multidrug-resistant H30 subclone of Escherichia coli ST131.
Health officials say they found Escherichia coli in water at a ziplining facility in Tennessee that has been linked to an outbreak affecting at least 500 people.
Tainted irrigation water is likely to blame for a 36-state Escherichia coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce that sickened 200 people and caused five deaths.
A Phase 3 clinical trial of patients with travelers’ diarrhea demonstrated that Aemcolo was superior to placebo (P=.0008) and non-inferior to ciprofloxacin.
Whole genome sequencing is being performed on samples of bacteria making people sick in the United States to provide information about whether these illnesses are related to the illnesses in Canada.