Prolonged carriage of OXA-244-carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli complicates epidemiological investigations

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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Main Authors: Felix Reichert, Simon Brinkwirth, Niels Pfennigwerth, Sebastian Haller, Lena Sophie Fritsch, Tim Eckmanns, Guido Werner, Sören Gatermann, Jörg B. Hans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-03-01
Series:International Journal of Medical Microbiology
Subjects:
Long-term colonization
CPE
Whole-genome sequencing
WGS
ECDC: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
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