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Rapid dissemination and diversity of CTX-M extended-spectrum beta-lactamase genes in commensal Escherichia coli isolates from healthy children from low-resource settings in Latin America.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2007
Pallecchi Lucia, Bartoloni Alessandro, Fiorelli Costanza, Mantella Antonia, Di Maggio Tiziana, Gamboa Herlan, Gotuzzo Eduardo, Kronvall Göran, Paradisi Franco, Rossolini Gian Maria
Abstract excerpt
A survey carried out in 2005 among members of a healthy population of children living in Bolivia and Peru revealed that fecal carriage of Escherichia coli strains resistant to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins was remarkably increased compared to that observed in the same settings in 2002 (1.7% in...
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