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CTX-M-producing Escherichia coli in a maternity ward: a likely community importation and evidence of mother-to-neonate transmission.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Jul 2010
Dubois Véronique, De Barbeyrac Bertille, Rogues Anne-Marie, Arpin Corinne, Coulange Laure, Andre Catherine, M'zali Fatima, Megraud Francis, Quentin Claudine
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OBJECTIVES: 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. METHODS: beta-Lactam resistance transfer was analysed by conjugation and transformation. ESBLs were characterized by isoelectric focusing, PCR...
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