Route of infection alters virulence of neonatal septicemia Escherichia coli clinical isolates

• Bryan K. Cole,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Current address: Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Edgar Scott,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Marko Ilikj,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• David Bard,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Darrin R. Akins,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• David W. Dyer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Susana Chavez-Bueno

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Schavezbueno@cmh.edu

  Current address: Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America; Department of Pediatrics, University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC), Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8371-5463

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