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Carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli is becoming more prevalent in Spain mainly because of the polyclonal dissemination of OXA-48.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2016
Ortega Adriana, Sáez David, Bautista Verónica, Fernández-Romero Sara, Lara Noelia, Aracil Belén, Pérez-Vázquez María, Campos José, Oteo Jesús
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OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to analyse the microbiological traits and the population structure of carbapenemase-producing (CP) Escherichia coli isolates collected in Spain between 2012 and 2014. METHODS: Two-hundred-and-thirty-nine E. coli isolates non-susceptible to carbapenems were studied. The carbapenemase genes and the phylogenetic groups were characterized using PCR. MLST was carried out...
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