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Emergence of TEM, SHV, and CTX-M-extended spectrum β-lactamases and class 1 integron among Enterobacter cloacae isolates collected from hospitals of Tehran and Qazvin, Iran.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Oct 2014
Peymani Amir, Farivar Taghi Naserpour, Sanikhani Rahimeh, Javadi Amir, Najafipour Reza
Abstract excerpt
Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) production is an important resistance mechanism among clinical isolates of Enterobacter cloacae. TEM, SHV, and CTX-M are the most common ESBL genotypes among Enterobacter spp. The main aims of this study were to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern and to detect ESBL-encoding genes as well as intI1 genes. One hundred twenty isolates of E. cloacae were collected...
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