Escherichia coli O25B-ST131 is an important cause of antimicrobial-resistant infections in women with uncomplicated cystitis

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2534-2535

  Ho, Pak Leung ^a   Lo, Wai U ^a   Lai, Eileen L ^a   Chow, Kin Hung ^a   Yam, Wing Cheong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cefotaximases; Clonal expansion; Fluoroquinolone resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CYSTITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; LETTER; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHINA; CYSTITIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866600369     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks248     Document Type: Letter

References (6)

1. Rogers BA, Sidjabat HE, Paterson DL. Escherichia coli O25b-ST131: a pandemic, multiresistant, community-associated strain. J Antimicrob Chemother 2011; 66: 1-14.
2. Zong Z, Yu R. blaCTX-M-carrying Escherichia coli of the O25b ST131 clonal group have emerged in China. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2011; 69: 228-31.
3. Ho PL, Yeung MK, Lo WU et al. Predominance of pHK01-like incompatibility group FII plasmids encoding CTX-M-14 among extended-spectrum b-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in Hong Kong, 1996-2008. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2012; 73: 182-6.
4. Ho PL, Yip KS, Chow KH et al. Antimicrobial resistance among uropathogens that cause acute uncomplicated cystitis in women in Hong Kong: a prospective multicenter study in 2006 to 2008. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2010; 66: 87-93.
5. Clermont O, Lavollay M, Vimont S et al. The CTX-M-15-producing Escherichia coli diffusing clone belongs to a highly virulent B2 phylogenetic subgroup. J Antimicrob Chemother 2008; 61: 1024-8.
6. Clermont O, Dhanji H, Upton M et al. Rapid detection of the O25b-ST131 clone of Escherichia coli encompassing the CTX-M-15-producing strains. J Antimicrob Chemother 2009; 64: 274-7.