Periodic Reporting for period 2 - ECOSTRAT (Interrogating the diversity of gut colonization strategies in multidrug-resistant E. coli to deduce robust competitive exclusion-based treatments)

Multi-drug resistant strains of Escherichia coli producing Extended Spectrum B-lactamases (ESBL E. coli) are the leading cause of death attributable to antibiotic resistant bacteria worldwide. Although it is acknowledged that ESBL E. coli can persist asymptomatically in the...