Molecular epidemiology of Escherichia coli by multilocus sequence typing

• Grant number: 06/02320-9
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: November 01, 2006
• End date: October 31, 2007
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Microbiology - Applied Microbiology
• Principal Investigator: Ana Lúcia da Costa Darini
• Grantee: Ana Lúcia da Costa Darini
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Escherichia coli is one of the most important agents of intestinal and urinary tract infections Mutilocus sequence typing will be applied in 37 E. coli EPEC strains (Enteropathogenic E. coli) and in 7 uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) strains, previously isolated from patients of Unidade de Emergência do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMRP-USP) and from the community of a city in Minas Gerais State, respectively. The results will provide epidemiological data that will permit to analyze the phylogenetic relationship among other E. coli included in MLST database. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

PITONDO-SILVA, ANDRE; MINARINI, LUCIENE A. R.; CARNARGO, ILANA L. B. C.; DARINI, ANA LUCIA C.. Clonal relationships determined by multilocus sequence typing among enteropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated in Brazil. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, v. 55, n. 6, p. 672-679, JUN 2009. (06/02320-9)

MINARINI, LUCIENE A. R.; DARINI, ANA LUCIA C.. Mutations in the quinolone resistance-determining regions of gyrA and parC in Enterobacteriaceae isolates from Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, v. 43, n. 4, p. 1309-1314, OCT-DEC 2012. (06/02320-9)