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Prevalence and characteristics of ertapenem-nonsusceptible Escherichia coli in a Taiwanese university hospital, 1999 to 2007.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Nov 2010
Yan J J, Wu J J, Lee C C, Ko W C, Yang F C
Abstract excerpt
The present study was conducted to investigate the prevalence and characteristics of ertapenem-nonsusceptible (ETP-NS) Escherichia coli in a Taiwanese university. A total of 9,722 isolates collected in 1999, 2003, 2005, and 2007 were examined. Overall, 1.0% of all isolates from 66 patients were interpreted as ETP-NS on the basis of the disk diffusion test result. Most of these isolates were clonally unrelated and...
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