Dominance of blaCTX-M within an Australian extended-spectrum beta-lactamase gene pool.
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Zong Z, Partridge SR, Thomas L, Iredell JR
Dominance of blaCTX-M within an Australian extended-spectrum beta-lactamase gene pool.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Nov;52(11):4198-202. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00107-08. Epub 2008 Aug 25.
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bla(CTX-M) genes, particularly bla(CTX-M-15), are the dominant extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) genes among clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Sydney, Australia, where we also found one example of bla(CTX-M-62), encoding a novel enzyme conferring ceftazidime resistance. ESBL genes were present in diverse community isolates and in a variety of associated conjugative plasmids.