Prolonged carriage of OXA-244-carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli complicates epidemiological investigations
The rapid increase of OXA-244-producing Escherichia coli, predominantly driven by genetically clustered isolates of sequence type (ST)38, has been observed in at least nine European countries, including Germany. However, the reasons for the spread of OXA-244-producing E. coli remain unclear. Here, w...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-03-01
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Series: | International Journal of Medical Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1438422123000231 |