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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2004, p. 3805-3808, Vol. 42, No. 8
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.8.3805-3808.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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

Jean-Philippe Lavigne,1,2 Nicole Bouziges,2 Catherine Chanal,3 Aba Mahamat,4 Sylvie Michaux-Charachon,1,2 and Albert Sotto1,5*

Laboratoire Universitaire d'Antibiologie, Faculté de Médecine, 30900 Nîmes,1 Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Virologie, et Parasitologie,2 Département d'Information Médicale,4 Service de Médecine Interne B, CHU de Nîmes, Groupe Hospitalo-Universitaire de Carémeau, 30029 Nîmes Cedex 9,5 Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Faculté de Médecine, 63001 Clermont Ferrand Cedex, France3

Received 18 December 2003/ Returned for modification 18 February 2004/ Accepted 14 May 2004

In 2002, 80 isolates of Enterobacteriaceae producing extended-spectrum ß-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.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire Universitaire d'Antibiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Ave. Kennedy, 30900 Nîmes, France. Phone: (33) 4 66 68 32 31. Fax: (33) 4 66 68 38 24. E-mail: albert.sotto{at}chu-nimes.fr.


Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2004, p. 3805-3808, Vol. 42, No. 8
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.8.3805-3808.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.




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