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Fecal carriage of extended-spectrum β-lactamases and AmpC-producing Escherichia coli in a Libyan community.
Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials - 16 Jun 2014
Ahmed Salwa Fouad, Ali Mostafa Mohamed M, Mohamed Zienat Kamel, Moussa Tarek A, Klena John D
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BACKGROUND: Extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs), including the AmpC type, are important mechanisms of resistance among Enterobacteriaeceae. CTX-M type extended-spectrum β- lactamases, of which there are now over 90 variants, are distributed globally, yet appear to vary in regional distribution...
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