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Extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Escherichia coli in community, specialized outpatient clinic and hospital settings in Switzerland.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Oct 2013
Seiffert Salome N, Hilty Markus, Kronenberg Andreas, Droz Sara, Perreten Vincent, Endimiani Andrea
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OBJECTIVES: Resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins (ESCs) in Escherichia coli can be due to the production of ESBLs, plasmid-mediated AmpCs (pAmpCs) or chromosomal AmpCs (cAmpCs). Information regarding type and prevalence of β-lactamases, clonal relations and plasmids associated with the...
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