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. 2008 Nov;52(11):4187-90.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.00367-08. Epub 2008 Sep 22.

Prospective study of fecal colonization by extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in neutropenic patients with cancer

L Calatayud  1 , M Arnan, J Liñares, M A Dominguez, C Gudiol, J Carratalà, M Batlle, J M Ribera, F Gudiol
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Prospective study of fecal colonization by extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in neutropenic patients with cancer

L Calatayud et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Nov.

Abstract

Fecal colonization by extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in 912 stool samples collected from 154 neutropenic patients with cancer, hospitalized at two teaching institutions, was prospectively studied. Forty-nine (31.8%) patients were colonized, 22 of them at hospital admission. Most strains were clonally unrelated and carried a CTX-M-9 group enzyme.

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Distribution of the first ESBL E. coli isolate from each of 49 fecal carriers. (a) Hospital A. (b) Hospital B. Admission*, three patients were colonized by E. coli simultaneously harboring CTX-M and OXA ESBLs.
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