Predominance and genetic diversity of community- and hospital-acquired CTX-M extended-spectrum β-lactamases in York, UK
Author(s) -
Craig Joe Munday,
G. M. Whitehead,
Neil Todd,
M. Campbell,
Peter M. Hawkey
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkh397
Subject(s) - citrobacter freundii , enterobacter cloacae , microbiology and biotechnology , enterobacteriaceae , biology , citrobacter , cephalosporin , klebsiella pneumoniae , beta lactamase , salmonella , enterobacter , antibiotics , feces , klebsiella , veterinary medicine , escherichia coli , bacteria , medicine , gene , genetics
This study was conducted to detect the presence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae within the faecal flora of both community- and hospital-based patients in York and to characterize the bla(TEM), bla(SHV) and bla(CTX-M) genes present in these isolates.
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