Prevalence of extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and spread of the epidemic clonal lineage ST131 in nursing homes in Hesse, Germany

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2686-2688

  Arvand, Mardjan ^a   Moser, Vera ^a   Pfeifer, Yvonne ^b  

^a Centre for Health Protection   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colonization; CTX M; Enterobacteriaceae; ESBLs

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; BETA LACTAMASE TEM 1;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EPIDEMIC; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING;

COLONIZATION; CTX-M; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESBLS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BETA-LACTAMASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NURSING HOMES; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84886284938     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt226     Document Type: Letter

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