To further understand the role of ST131 in community-onset non-ESBL-producing E. coli bacteremia, we collected non-duplicated consecutive E. coli bloodstream infection isolates in 2010 in a medical center in southern Taiwan. Our goals were to determine the percent- age of ST131 in community-...
KPC-3-producing bacteria is endemic in many countries, but just recently appears in Portuguese hospitals. This fact is in line with our study and can be explained by the increase in carbapenems consumption. Specifically, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) ...