Clonal Dissemination of a CTX-M-15 β-Lactamase-Producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> Strain in the Paris Area, Tunis, and Bangui

Lavollay, Marie; Mamlouk, Kelthoum; Frank, Thierry; Akpabie, A.; Burghoffer, Béatrice; Ben Redjeb, S.; Bercion, Raymond; Gautier, Valérie; Arlet, Guillaume

doi:10.1128/aac.00150-06

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Clonal Dissemination of a CTX-M-15 β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli Strain in the Paris Area, Tunis, and Bangui

Published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy • Jun 26, 2006

Authors:

Marie Lavollay

Kelthoum Mamlouk

Thierry Frank

Abstract

One hundred twenty CTX-M-15-producing Escherichia coli strains isolated in 10 different hospitals from Paris (France), in the Hospital Charles Nicolle in Tunis (Tunisia), and in the Pasteur Institute in Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR), between 2000 and 2004 were studied. Eighty isolates, reco...

Subject

Plasmid

Escherichia coli

Microbiology

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