Dissemination of the CTX-M-25 family -lactamases among Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli and Enterobacter cloacae and identification of the novel enzyme CTX-M-41 in Proteus mirabilis in Israel
Author(s) -
Shiri NavonVenezia,
Inna Chmelnitsky,
Azita Leavitt,
Yehuda Carmeli
Publication year - 2008
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/dkn182
Subject(s) - proteus mirabilis , enterobacter cloacae , microbiology and biotechnology , klebsiella pneumoniae , biology , integron , plasmid , enterobacteriaceae , escherichia coli , klebsiella , genetics , gene
The CTX-M-25 family of beta-lactamases is a closely related family of enzymes found rarely in the world. We aimed to describe the occurrence and to understand the dissemination of this extended-spectrum beta-lactamase family among Enterobacteriaceae strains in our hospital.
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