Antimicrobial Resistance
Enterobactefiaceae isolates producing CTX-M ESBL increasing in Austria
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, April 11th, 2006
According to recent research from Austria, "Among 149 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolates collected from patients in southeast Austria from 1998 to 2004, 38 Escherichia coli isolates and 11 Klebsiella spp. were CTX-M producers."
"The proportion of CTX-M-producers among all ESBL producers rose from 0% in 1998 to 58% in 2004," reported A. Eisner and colleagues at the Medical University of Graz.
"In general," the authors concluded, "CTX-M-producers had...
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