1. Emergence and Dissemination of ST131 Escherichia coli Isolates Among Patients with Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in Asian Countries.
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Cha MK, Kang CI, Kim SH, Thamlikitkul V, So TM, Ha YE, Chung DR, Peck KR, and Song JH
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- Anti-Bacterial Agents pharmacology, Asia, Southeastern epidemiology, Asia, Western epidemiology, Cross Infection microbiology, Cross Infection transmission, DNA, Bacterial genetics, Escherichia coli drug effects, Escherichia coli genetics, Escherichia coli growth & development, Escherichia coli Infections microbiology, Escherichia coli Infections transmission, Hospitals, Humans, Multilocus Sequence Typing, Pneumonia, Bacterial microbiology, Pneumonia, Bacterial transmission, Prevalence, Cross Infection epidemiology, Escherichia coli isolation & purification, Escherichia coli Infections epidemiology, Pneumonia, Bacterial epidemiology
- Abstract
We investigated the molecular epidemiology and microbiological characteristics of 51 Escherichia coli isolates causing hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) in eight Asian areas. Sequence type 131 (ST131) was the most prevalent among E. coli isolates causing HAP, especially in South Korea, Thailand, and the Philippines. The current study showed that CTX-M-15-producing E. coli ST131 has emerged in and disseminated among patients with HAP in Asia. Our data suggest that this pandemic clone poses an important public health threat even in nosocomial infections.
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- 2017
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