Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 66, Issue 2 , Pages 210-213, February 2010

CTX-M and ampC β-lactamases contributing to increased prevalence of ceftriaxone-resistant Escherichia coli in Changi General Hospital, Singapore☆☆☆

  • Thean Yen Tan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore 529889, Singapore
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +65-68504934; fax: +65-64269507.
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  • Lily Siew Yong Ng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore 529889, Singapore
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  • Jie He

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, 169608
    • ,
  • Li Yang Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 119074

Received 5 May 2009; accepted 30 August 2009. published online 05 October 2009.

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☆ Tan Thean Yen, TYT, has received research funding from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and has been an invited speaker for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Astra-Zeneca, and Jansson-Cilag. Hsu Li Yang, HLY, has received research funding from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.

☆☆ Preliminary data from this study was presented as a poster at the Australian Society of Microbiology, Melbourne, July 6 to 10, 2008.

PII: S0732-8893(09)00363-0

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.08.019

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 66, Issue 2 , Pages 210-213, February 2010

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