Natalia Maldonado, Inmaculada López-Hernández, Andrea García-Montaner, Luis Eduardo López-Cortés, Pedro María Martínez Pérez-Crespo, Pilar Retamar-Gentil, Adrián Sousa-Domínguez, Josune Goikoetxea, Ángeles Pulido-Navazo, Cristina Labayru-Echeverría, Clara Natera-Kindelán, Alfredo Jover-Sáenz, Alfonso Del Arco-Jiménez, Carlos Armiñanzas-Castillo, Ana Isabel Aller, Jonathan Fernández-Suárez, Teresa Marrodán-Ciordia, Lucía Boix-Palop, Alejandro Smithson-Amat, José Mª Reguera-Iglesias, Fátima Galán-Sánchez, Alberto Bahamonde, Juan Manuel Sánchez Calvo, Isabel Gea-Lázaro, Inés Pérez-Camacho, Armando Reyes-Bertos, Berta Becerril-Carral, Jesús Rodríguez-Baño, Álvaro Pascual
BACKGROUND: Escherichia coli is the most frequent cause of bloodstream infections (BSIs). About one-third of patients with BSIs due to E coli develop sepsis or shock. The objective of this study is to characterise the microbiological features of E coli blood isolates causing sepsis or septic shock to provide exploratory information for future diagnostic, preventive, or therapeutic interventions. METHODS: E coli blood isolates from a multicentre cross-sectional study of patients older than 14 years presenting with sepsis or septic shock (according to the Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock criteria) from hospitals in Spain between Oct 4, 2016, and Oct 15, 2017, were studied by whole-genome sequencing...
March 25, 2024: The Lancet. Microbe