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Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography–Associated AmpC <i>Escherichia coli</i> Outbreak
29 Mar 2015
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BACKGROUND: We identified an outbreak of AmpC-producing Escherichia coli infections resistant to third-generation cephalosporins and carbapenems (CR) among 7 patients who had undergone endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography at hospital A during November 2012-August 2013. Gene sequencing revealed a shared novel mutation in a bla CMY gene and a distinctive fumC/ fimH typing profile. OBJECTIVE: To determine...
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