Emergence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) CTX-M-8 in Germany

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2014 Feb;69(2):562-4. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkt387. Epub 2013 Sep 26.

Authors

Christoph Eller¹, Rasmus Leistner, Beatriz Guerra, Jennie Fischer, Constanze Wendt, Wolfgang Rabsch, Guido Werner, Yvonne Pfeifer

Affiliation

¹ FG13 Nosocomial Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistance, Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode, Germany.

PMID: 24072171
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt387

No abstract available

Keywords: Escherichia coli; Salmonella; antimicrobial resistance; community acquired; food.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
Bacterial Proteins / isolation & purification*
Escherichia coli Infections / enzymology
Escherichia coli Infections / epidemiology
Escherichia coli Infections / genetics*
Germany / epidemiology
Humans
beta-Lactamases / genetics*
beta-Lactamases / isolation & purification*

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
blaCTX-M-8 protein, Citrobacter amalonaticus
beta-Lactamases