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Molecular characteristics of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Jul 2011
Peirano G, Asensi M D, Pitondo-Silva A, Pitout J D D
Abstract excerpt
Twenty-five extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli clinical isolates from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil were characterized by isoelectric focusing, PCR and sequencing of bla(ESBL) genes, plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance determinants, phylogenetic groups, replicon typing, pulsed-field electrophoresis, and multilocus sequencing typing. Twenty-three (92%) ESBL-producing E. coli isolates were...
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