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. 2016 Feb;22(2):346-8.
doi: 10.3201/eid2202.151301.

Importation of Fosfomycin Resistance fosA3 Gene to Europe

Ana C Mendes, Carla Rodrigues, João Pires, José Amorim, Maria Helena Ramos, Ângela Novais, Luísa Peixe

Importation of Fosfomycin Resistance fosA3 Gene to Europe

Ana C Mendes et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: CTX-M-15; ESBL; Escherichia coli; IncFII plasmid; Portugal; ST393; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; community; extended-spectrum β-lactams; fosA3; fosfomycin resistance; urinary tract infection.

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