Molecular Epidemiology of Enterobacteriaceae Isolates Producing Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases in a French Hospital

Abstract
In 2002, 80 isolates of Enterobacteriaceae producing extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) were collected from infected patients in our hospital. Enterobacter aerogenes was the most common bacterium isolated from all specimens (36.5%). The ESBLs were predominantly (90%) TEM derivatives (TEM-24, TEM-3). Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis highlighted that E. aerogenes, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Citrobacter koseri had a clonal propagation.

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