Prevalence and distribution of ampc beta-lactamase producing escherichia coli and klebsiella pneumoniae isolates obtained from urine samples at a tertiary care hospital in the caribbean

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Introduction The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and distribution of AmpC beta-lactamases (BLs) in uropathogens (E. coli and K. pneumoniae) at the University Hospital of the West Indies Jamaica (UHWI). Method De-duplicated consecutive urine samples, collected from January to March 2020 at the UHWI, were analyzed. Screening and phenotypic confirmatory tests were conducted using resistance to...

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