Resistome and virulome of high-risk pandemic clones of multidrug-resistant extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) isolated from tertiary healthcare settings in Uganda

• Denis K. Byarugaba ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: denis.byarugaba@mak.ac.ug

  Affiliations Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda, College of Veterinary Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4175-5659

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• Bernard Erima,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda

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• Godfrey Wokorach,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda, Gulu University Multifunctional Research Laboratories, Gulu, Uganda

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• Stephen Alafi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda

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• Hannah Kibuuka,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda

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• Edison Mworozi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Ambrose K. Musinguzi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces, Ministry of Defence, Kampala, Uganda

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• James Kiyengo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces, Ministry of Defence, Kampala, Uganda

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• Florence Najjuka,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Fred Wabwire-Mangen

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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