Antimicrobial resistance and spread of multi drug resistant Escherichia coli isolates collected from nine urology services in the Euregion Meuse-Rhine.

We determined the prevalence and spread of antibiotic resistance and the characteristics of ESBL producing and/or multi drug resistant (MDR) Escherichia coli isolates collected from urine samples from urology services in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine, the border region of the Netherlands (n=176), Belgium...

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Main Authors: Christina F M van der Donk, Jeroen H B van de Bovenkamp, Els I G B De Brauwer, Patrick De Mol, Karl-Heinz Feldhoff, Wiltrud M Kalka-Moll, Sita Nys, Inge Thoelen, Thera A M Trienekens, Ellen E Stobberingh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3474752?pdf=render