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Volume 19, Number 11—November 2013
Research

CTX-M β-Lactamase–producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Suburban New York City, New York, USA

Guiqing WangComments to Author , Tiangui Huang, Pavan Kumar Makam Surendraiah, Kemeng Wang, Rashida Komal, Jian Zhuge, Chian-Ru Chern, Alexander A. Kryszuk, Cassidy King, and Gary P. Wormser
Author affiliations: New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA

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Table 2

Detection of blaESBL genes of the SHV, TEM, and CTX-M types in 163 ESBL-producing Escherichia coli clinical isolates, 2005–2012

Year No. isolates tested No. (%) positive isolates
CTX-M type (no. isolates/total no. isolates sequenced)
blaSHV blaTEM blaCTX-M
2005 20 6 (30.0) 4 (20.0) 7 (35.0) CTX-M-15 (5/5)
2006 16 1 (6.3) 3 (18.8) 16 (56.3) CTX-M-15 (6/6)
2007 24 4 (16.7) 9 (37.5) 10 (50.0) CTX-M-15 (4/6), CTX-M-1 (1/6), CTX-M-3 (1/6)
2008 20 5 (25.0) 10 (50.0) 6 (30.0) CTX-M-15 (5/5)
2009 22 0 (0) 12 (54.5) 13 (59.1) CTX-M-15 (5/5)
2010 20 1 (5.0) 9 (45.0) 13 (65.0) CTX-M-15 (6/6)
2011 21 3 (14.3) 9 (42.9) 11 (52.3) CTX-M-15 (8/8)
2012 20 2 (10.0) 10 (50.0) 13 (65.0) CTX-M-15 (6/6)
Total 163 22 (13.5) 66 (40.5) 89 (54.6)

*ESBL, extended spectrum β-lactamase

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