| Literature DB >> 36169327 |
Rodrigo E Mendes1, Cory Hubler1, J H Kimbrough1, Valerie Kantro1, Ian Critchley2, Nicole Cotroneo2, Mariana Castanheira1.
Abstract
This study investigated the activity of an oral carbapenem, tebipenem, against various molecularly characterized subsets of Escherichia coli. A total of 15.0% of E. coli isolates (360/2,035 isolates) met the MIC criteria for screening for β-lactamases. Most of those isolates (74.7% [269/360 isolates]) carried blaCTX-M. The CTX-M distribution varied (50% to 86%) among Census Regions, as did that of plasmid AmpC genes (up to 41% among E. coli isolates from the New England Region). Tebipenem and intravenous carbapenems showed uniform activity against various E. coli subsets.Entities:
Keywords: CTX-M; ESBL; ST131; carbapenems; oral; resistance; surveillance
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Year: 2022 PMID: 36169327 PMCID: PMC9578410 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01214-22
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.938