Virulence Characteristics and Genetic Affinities of Multiple Drug Resistant Uropathogenic Escherichia coli from a Semi Urban Locality in India

• Savita Jadhav ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Savita Jadhav, Arif Hussain, Savita Devi

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College and Hospital, Pimpri, Pune, India

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• Arif Hussain ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Savita Jadhav, Arif Hussain, Savita Devi

  Affiliation Pathogen Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

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• Savita Devi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Savita Jadhav, Arif Hussain, Savita Devi

  Affiliation Pathogen Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

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• Ashutosh Kumar,

  Affiliation Pathogen Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

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• Sana Parveen,

  Affiliation Pathogen Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

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• Nageshwari Gandham,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College and Hospital, Pimpri, Pune, India

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• Lothar H. Wieler,

  Affiliation Veterinary Faculty, Institute for Microbiology and Epizootics, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Christa Ewers,

  Affiliation Veterinary Faculty, Institute for Microbiology and Epizootics, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Niyaz Ahmed

  * E-mail: niyazSL@uohyd.ernet.in

  Affiliations Pathogen Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Institute of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, India

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