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. 2014 Nov;20(11):1928-31.
doi: 10.3201/eid2011.141388.

Global incidence of carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli ST131

Gisele Peirano, Patricia A Bradford, Krystyna M Kazmierczak, Robert E Badal, Meredith Hackel, Daryl J Hoban, Johann D D Pitout

Global incidence of carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli ST131

Gisele Peirano et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Nov.

Abstract

We characterized Escherichia coli ST131 isolates among 116 carbapenemase-producing strains. Of isolates from 16 countries collected during 2008-2013, 35% belonged to ST131 and were associated with blaKPC, H30 lineage, and virotype C. This study documents worldwide incidents of resistance to "last resort" antimicrobial drugs among a common pathogen in a successful sequence type.

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