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The aim was to estimate the prevalence of clinical Escherichia coli isolates resistant to zidovudine and to decipher the mechanism of zidovudine resistance.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We screened 537 isolates on zidovudine-containing agar plates and studied their thymidine kinase (tdk) gene sequences, the putative target involved in zidovudine resistance. Moreover, sequence analysis of 633 complete genomes of E. coli was performed to investigate mutation in the tdk gene. A comparative genomic analysis was done on an in vitro zidovudine-resistant mutant.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>After screening on our medium containing 2.7\u2009mg\/L (10\u2009\u03bcM) zidovudine, nine strains had a zidovudine MIC &amp;gt;26.7\u2009mg\/L. The gene was absent in three isolates, inactivated by an IS (IS1X2 and ISApl1) in two isolates and mutated in four isolates. A genomic analysis of 633 E. coli genomes showed heterogeneity of the tdk gene sequence, with 27 different sequences. Among them, three genomes showed an inactivation of the gene (IS, stop codon and no tdk gene sequence). The in vitro mutant E. coli had 27 SNPs in eight genes of the core genome compared with the initial strain.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our study reports zidovudine-resistant clinical isolates of E. coli, presumably related to tdk inactivation. Diversity of Tdk in bacterial genomes can be large. Other mechanisms need to be considered in zidovudine resistance. 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