Severe Clostridium difficile infection in Australia associated with a binary toxin producing clade 2 ribotype 251 strain. We present three cases of CDI with RT 251, one fatal, and show that the isolat
Custom ABRicate database adapted from Long, 2021 to identify APEC-associated virulence genes as well as genes described in the Liu et al., (2018) criteria, defining ColV plasmids.
Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) comprise a diverse subgroup of extra-intestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) associated with respiratory and systemic disease in poultry. Recent studies have ind
Staphylococcus aureus exhibits many defenses against host innate immunity, including the ability to replicate in the presence of nitric oxide (NO·). S. aureus NO· resistance is a complex trait and hin