Enterobacter
Enterobacter cloacae outbreak strain produced VEB-3 beta-lactamase
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, April 26th, 2005
According to a recently published report in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, "Over a 4-month period from November 2002 to February 2003, 27 ceftazidime-resistant or cefotaxime-resistant nonrepetitive Enterobacter cloacae isolates were collected from 27 patients hospitalized at HuaShan Hospital, Shanghai, China."
"The Etest did not detect extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) in those 27 isolates; however, screening by the NCCLS ESBL disk test and confirmatory tests detected ESBLs in 4 of 27 isolates and PCR detected ESBLs in 23 of 27 isolates.
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