Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Are More Likely than Commensal E. coli to Be Shared between Heterosexual Sex Partners

2025/08/12 by Foxman, Betsy, Manning, Shannon D., Tallman, Patricia +6
#E. coli #Escherichia coli #Health Sciences #Public Health #UTI #Urinary tract infection #co-colonization #rectal #rectal-rectal #vaginal #vaginal-rectal

paper · doi:10.7302/26764

Abstract

Associated with data in Deep Blue Data listed under both "E. coli Transmission Study" and "Heterosexual transmission of urinary tract infection"

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