Isolation from Blood Culture of a Leclercia adecarboxylata Strain Producing an SHV-12 Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase
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- 1 April 2003
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 41 (4) , 1738-1739
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.41.4.1738-1739.2003
Abstract
We report on the first isolation of an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Leclercia adecarboxylata strain from the bloodstream in a 58-year-old man with acute myeloid leukemia. The strain, resistant to ceftazidime, cefotaxime, and aztreonam, produces the SHV-12 β-lactamase, one of the most common variants found in Italian nosocomial isolates of Enterobacteriaceae .Keywords
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