High prevalence of bla(CTX-M-1)-group extended-spectrum beta-lactamase genes in Enterobacteriaceae isolates from Emilia-Romagna, Italy

J Med Microbiol. 2009 Oct;58(Pt 10):1388-1389. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.008813-0. Epub 2009 Jun 18.

Authors

Carlo Gagliotti¹, Mario Sarti², Franca Benini³, Antonio Paolo Cipolloni⁴, Claudia Venturelli⁵, Carla Sabia⁶, Raffaele Gargiulo², Maria Luisa Moro¹

Affiliations

¹ Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale Regionale Emilia-Romagna, Viale Aldo Moro 21, 40127 Bologna, Italy.
² AUSL Modena, Nuovo Ospedale di Modena S. Agostino-Estense, Via Giardini 1355, 41100 Baggiovara (MO), Italy.
³ AUSL Ravenna, Ospedale S. Maria Delle Croci, Viale Randi 5, 48100 Ravenna, Italy.
⁴ AUSL Cesena, Ospedale Bufalini, Viale Ghiotti 286, 47023 Cesena, Italy.
⁵ Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena, Via del Pozzo 71, 41100 Modena, Italy.
⁶ Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio-Emilia, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Via Campi 287, 41100 Modena, Italy.

PMID: 19541784
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.008813-0

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Enterobacteriaceae / classification
Enterobacteriaceae / enzymology*
Enterobacteriaceae / genetics*
Enterobacteriaceae / isolation & purification
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / epidemiology
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology*
Escherichia coli / enzymology
Escherichia coli / genetics
Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
Female
Genes, Bacterial*
Humans
Italy / epidemiology
Klebsiella pneumoniae / enzymology
Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics
Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Epidemiology
Proteus mirabilis / enzymology
Proteus mirabilis / genetics
Proteus mirabilis / isolation & purification
Young Adult
beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

beta-Lactamases