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High community faecal carriage rates of CTX-M ESBL-producing Escherichia coli in a specific population group in Birmingham, UK.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 May 2012
Wickramasinghe Nimal H, Xu Li, Eustace Andrew, Shabir Sahida, Saluja Tranprit, Hawkey Peter M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To determine the proportion of E. coli carrying specific CTX-M extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) genotypes in a community population of East and North Birmingham. METHODS: General practice and outpatient stool samples from 732 individuals submitted for examination for faecal pathogens in 2010 were screened for ESBL-producing E. coli using chromogenic agar. Multiplex PCR, denaturing HPLC, DNA...
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