Prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae with focus on the molecular characterization of ESBL- and AmpC β-lactamase- producing Escherichia coli isolated in Canadian hospitals from 2005-2009
The spread of resistance to the cephalosporins in the Enterobacteriaceae and more specifically within E. coli is a continuing cause of public health concern, with such resistance increasingly seen in community- and nosocomial-acquired infections. Extended-spectrum ß-lactamase (ESBL) and AmpC ß-lact...
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/4412 |