CTX-M-producing Escherichia coli in a maternity ward: a likely community importation and evidence of mother-to-neonate transmission | Zendy

Véronique Dubois | Zendy; Bertille de Barbeyrac | Zendy; A.M. Rogues | Zendy; Corinne Arpin | Zendy; Laure Coulange | Zendy; Catherine André | Zendy; Fatima M’Zali | Zendy; Françis Mégraud | Zendy; Claudine Quentin | Zendy

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CTX-M-producing Escherichia coli in a maternity ward: a likely community importation and evidence of mother-to-neonate transmission

Author(s) -

Véronique Dubois,

Bertille de Barbeyrac,

A.M. Rogues,

Corinne Arpin,

Laure Coulange,

Catherine André,

Fatima M’Zali,

Françis Mégraud,

Claudine Quentin

Publication year - 2010

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/dkq153

Subject(s) - escherichia coli , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , plasmid , transmission (telecommunications) , outbreak , phylogenetic tree , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , enterobacteriaceae , virology , genotype , genetics , gene , electrical engineering , engineering

To investigate the high prevalence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing strains of Escherichia coli (4%, 10/250 consecutive isolates) recovered during a 5 month period in the maternity ward of the University Hospital of Bordeaux, France.

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