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First report of a novel extended-spectrum beta-lactamase KOXY-2 producing Klebsiella oxytoca that hydrolyses cefotaxime and ceftazidime.
Journal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy) - 1 Jun 2011
Younes A, Hamouda A, Amyes S G B
Abstract excerpt
Klebsiella oxytoca strains MU946294N and MB193997E were isolated from patients in Scotland. Strain MU946294N was resistant to pencillins, monbactams and cephalosporins. Isolate MB193997E displayed a β-lactam resistance phenotype consistent with chromosomal β-lactamase overproduction. No bla(TEM), bla(SHV) or bla(CTX-M) genes could be amplified in either strain; however, amplification by PCR was found with primers...
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