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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2009, p. 3353-3357, Vol. 47, No. 10
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00901-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

International Clones of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli with Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases in a Czech Hospital{triangledown}

Jaroslav Hrabák,1* Joanna Empel,2 Tamara Bergerová,1 Karel Fajfrlík,1 Pavla Urbásková,3 Izabela Kern-Zdanowicz,4 Waleria Hryniewicz,2 and Marek Gniadkowski2

Faculty of Medicine in Plzen, Charles University in Prague, Plzen, Czech Republic,1 National Medicine Institute, Warsaw, Poland,2 National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic,3 Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Warsaw, Poland4

Received 7 May 2009/ Returned for modification 26 June 2009/ Accepted 9 August 2009

A 2-month survey of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producers was performed in a Czech hospital. Klebsiella pneumoniae produced SHV-2, -5, or -12, Escherichia coli produced CTX-M-9 or -15, and other species produced TEM-92 or -132. All K. pneumoniae and E. coli isolates belonged to sequence types (STs) or clonal complexes (CCs) spread across the world (K. pneumoniae clonal complex 11 [CC11], CC14, and sequence type 101 [ST101] and E. coli CC31, CC73, CC131, and CC405) and carried various plasmids (mainly with A/C- and FII-type replicons).

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital in Plzen, Charles University in Prague, Plzen 305 99, Czech Republic. Phone: 420 377 40 29 32. Fax: 420 377 10 32 50. E-mail: Jaroslav.Hrabak{at}lfp.cuni.cz

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 26 August 2009.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2009, p. 3353-3357, Vol. 47, No. 10
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00901-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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