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CTX-M-15-producing Escherichia coli clone B2-O25b-ST131 and Klebsiella spp. isolates in municipal wastewater treatment plant effluents.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2011
Dolejska Monika, Frolkova Petra, Florek Magdalena, Jamborova Ivana, Purgertova Michaela, Kutilova Iva, Cizek Alois, Guenther Sebastian, Literak Ivan
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OBJECTIVES: The global occurrence of antibiotic resistance genes in bacteria in water environments is an increasing concern. Treated wastewater was sampled daily over a 45 day period from the outflow of a municipal wastewater treatment plant in Brno, Czech Republic, and examined for extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing bacteria. METHODS: Water samples were cultivated on MacConkey agar with cefotaxime (2...
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