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Mechanisms of resistance to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins in Escherichia coli isolates recovered in a Spanish hospital.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2005
Briñas Laura, Lantero Marta, de Diego Isabel, Alvarez María, Zarazaga Myriam, Torres Carmen
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OBJECTIVES: To characterize the beta-lactamase genes of the expanded-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Escherichia coli isolates recovered in a Spanish hospital during the March 2002-March 2003 period. METHODS: Thirty-four of the 1700 E. coli isolates recovered from unrelated patients in a Spanish hospital showed expanded-spectrum cephalosporin resistance. The presence of genes encoding TEM, SHV, CTX-M, CMY-2-type...
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