Dominance of bla CTX-M within an Australian Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Gene Pool
Open Access
- 1 November 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 52 (11), 4198-4202
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.00107-08
Abstract
bla CTX-M genes, particularly bla CTX-M-15 , are the dominant extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) genes among clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Sydney, Australia, where we also found one example of bla CTX-M-62 , encoding a novel enzyme conferring ceftazidime resistance. ESBL genes were present in diverse community isolates and in a variety of associated conjugative plasmids.This publication has 29 references indexed in Scilit:
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