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. 2010 Oct;16(10):1555-8.
doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03162.x.

Ciprofloxacin-resistant, CTX-M-15-producing Escherichia coli ST131 clone in extraintestinal infections in Italy

M Cerquetti  1 , M Giufrè, A García-Fernández, M Accogli, D Fortini, I Luzzi, A Carattoli
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Ciprofloxacin-resistant, CTX-M-15-producing Escherichia coli ST131 clone in extraintestinal infections in Italy

M Cerquetti et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2010 Oct.
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Abstract

Quinolone and β-lactam resistance mechanisms and clonal relationships were characterized among Escherichia coli isolates resistant to ciprofloxacin and extended-spectrum cephalosporins associated with human extra-intestinal infections in Rome. The E. coli. ST131 clone was found to be prevalent. This clone invariably carried a specific pattern of substitutions in the topoisomerase genes and all isolates but one produced CTX-M-15. One ST131 isolate produced SHV-12. The new ST131 variant described here is of particular concern because it combines fluoroquinolone resistance and chromosomally encoded CTX-M-15.

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