Open AccessExtended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Strains in Various Types of Private Health Care Centers
Author(s) -
Corinne Arpin,
Laure Coulange,
Véronique Dubois,
Catherine André,
Isabelle Fischer,
Sophie Fourmaux,
F. Grobost,
Jacqueline Jullin,
B Dutilh,
Jean-François Couture,
Patrick Noury,
Isabelle Lagrange,
Aline Ducastaing,
Henri-Pierre Doermann,
Claudine Quentin
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.01431-06
Subject(s) - enterobacteriaceae , escherichia coli , plasmid , microbiology and biotechnology , clone (java method) , biology , gene , genetics
During a 2004 survey, 49 extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing enterobacteria were collected in 20 French private health care centers and one local hospital. They included 12 CTX-M-producing Escherichia coli strains (1.8% versus 0.3% in a 1999 survey). Most of them belonged to the same clone and contained a bla(CTX-M-15) gene on similar conjugative plasmids.