Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2017)

blaCTX-M-27–Encoding Escherichia coli Sequence Type 131 Lineage C1-M27 Clone in Clinical Isolates, Germany

  • Hiren Ghosh,
  • Swapnil Doijad,
  • Linda Falgenhauer,
  • Moritz Fritzenwanker,
  • Can Imirzalioglu,
  • Trinad Chakraborty

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2310.170938
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 10
pp. 1754 – 1756

Abstract

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We examined extended-spectrum β-lactamase–producing isolates from livestock, humans, companion animals, food, and the environment during 2009–2016 in Germany for the presence of CTX-M-27 allele within Escherichia coli sequence type (ST) 131. E. coli ST131 C1-M27 was exclusively present in humans; its incidence increased from 0% in 2009 to 45% in 2016.

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