Escherichia coli is a commensal of the vertebrate gut that is increasingly involved in various
intestinal and extra-intestinal infections as an opportunistic pathogen. Numerous pathotypes …

SUMMARY Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) strains are responsible for a
majority of human extraintestinal infections globally, resulting in enormous direct medical …

Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae are a major global
public health concern. Presently, Escherichia coli with CTX-Ms are the most common …

The rise of antibiotic resistance in many bacterial pathogens has been driven by the spread
of a few successful strains, suggesting that some bacteria are genetically pre-disposed to …

Escherichia coli associated with urinary tract infections and bacteremia has been intensively
investigated, including recent work focusing on the virulent, globally disseminated, multidrug …

Escherichia coli has a rich history as biology's 'rock star', driving advances across many
fields. In the wild, E. coli resides innocuously in the gut of humans and animals but is also a …

Escherichia coli sequence type 410 (ST410) has been reported worldwide as an
extraintestinal pathogen associated with resistance to fluoroquinolones, third-generation …

Highlights•Multi-drug resistance in E. coli and K. pneumoniae is concentrated in a small
number of globally disseminated clones.•Certain plasmids are associated with ESBL and …

Extended-spectrum cephalosporins (ESCs) are critically important antimicrobial agents for
human and veterinary medicine. ESC resistance (ESC-R) genes have spread worldwide …

A single extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) clone, named sequence type
(ST) 131, is responsible for millions of global antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) infections …