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. 2002 Spring;8(1):35-7.
doi: 10.1089/10766290252913737.

CTX-m-3 beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli from Greece

A Mavroidi  1 , E Tzelepi, V Miriagou, D Gianneli, N J Legakis, L S Tzouvelekis
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CTX-m-3 beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli from Greece

A Mavroidi et al. Microb Drug Resist. 2002 Spring.

Abstract

An Escherichia coli clinical strain resistant to all beta-lactams except carbapenems was isolated in a Greek hospital. Analysis of beta-lactamase content by isoelectric focusing, PCR assays specific for various bla genes, and DNA sequencing showed that the strain produced TEM-1, a Citrobacter freundii AmpC-related cephalosporinase, and CTX-M-3. The blaCTX.M-3 gene was carried by a 120-kb plasmid that was readily transferable to a susceptible E. coli host.

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