coli strains, causing community-onset bloodstream infection. Although O25b/ST131 does not lead to a higher mortality than other isolates, choosing an appropriate antimicrobials in the empirical therapy of community-onset E. coli bacteraemia has become more challenging. Keywords: E. coli, Bacteraemia...
In particular, ESBLs of CTX-M-type and qAmpC enzymes (especially the CMY-2 type) were increasingly reported worldwide, specifically among clinical isolates from E. coli [7,8,9] and K. pneumoniae [6,10,11,12]. Moreover, recent studies reported ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae isolates among...