Fecal carriage of extended-spectrum β-lactamases and AmpC-producing Escherichia coli in a Libyan community
. . Ahmed SF, Ali MM, Mohamed ZK, Moussa TA, Klena JD. . Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob. 2014 Jun 16;13:22. doi: 10.1186/1476-0711-13-22. Abstract BACKGROUND: Extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs), including the AmpC type, are important mechanisms of resistance among Enterobacteriaeceae. CTX-M type extended-spectrum β- lactamases, of which there are now over 90 variants, are distributed globally, yet …