Phylogenomic and population genomic insights into the dissemination of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli causing bloodstream infections in the United Arab Emirates.
Khalifa HO, Mohammed T, Ramadan H, Abdalla A, Ghazawi A
Antibiotic Resistance
This article does not relate to plant science; it concerns human infectious disease and antibiotic resistance in clinical settings.
This research is about dangerous E. coli bacteria that are resistant to common antibiotics, spreading among hospital patients in the United Arab Emirates. Scientists traced how these bacteria spread using DNA analysis. This topic falls entirely outside plant science and has no relevance to plants, gardens, or ecosystems.
Key Findings
The article is not plant science — it is a human clinical microbiology study about ESBL-producing E. coli bloodstream infections.
45 bacterial isolates from human patients (2021–2024) were analyzed; 29 underwent whole-genome sequencing.
High-risk bacterial lineages ST131 and ST1193 were predominant — no plant organisms were studied.
chevron_right Technical Summary
This study is about antibiotic-resistant bacteria (E. coli) causing serious bloodstream infections in humans in the UAE — it has no connection to plant science, botany, or gardening.
Abstract Preview
Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli are globally disseminated pathogens whose success is driven by clonal expansion and horizontal gene transfer. However, the population struct...
open_in_new Read full abstractAbstract copyright held by the original publisher.
Was this useful?
Antibiotic Metabolites Are an Overlooked Driver of Resistance Dissemination i...
Lettuce you grow with recycled water or irrigate near agricultural land may silently carry antibiotic breakdown products that help bacteria trade resistance ...