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. 2004 Feb;48(2):629-31.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.48.2.629-631.2004.

CTX-M-12 beta-lactamase in a Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolate in Colombia

Maria Virginia Villegas  1 , Adriana Correa, Federico Perez, Tania Zuluaga, Marcela Radice, Gabriel Gutkind, José María Casellas, Juan Ayala, Karen Lolans, John P Quinn; Colombian Nosocomial Resistance Study Group
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CTX-M-12 beta-lactamase in a Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolate in Colombia

Maria Virginia Villegas et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2004 Feb.

Abstract

We describe the detection of the CTX-M-12 beta-lactamase from a clinical isolate of Klebsiella pneumoniae in Colombia. Screening of nosocomial Klebsiella spp. and Escherichia coli isolates from a network of teaching hospitals revealed the presence of CTX-M enzymes in multiple cities. This is the first description of CTX-M in Colombia.

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