Clinical isolates of ST131 < em > bla < /em > OXA-244-positive < em > Escherichia coli < /em > , Italy, December 2022 to July 2023

We report clinical isolates of OXA-244-producing ST131 E. coli in four patients admitted to an acute care hospital in Pavia, Italy. The association of this difficult-to-detect determinant with a globally circulating high-risk clone, ST131 E. coli, is of clinical relevance.PMID:38390649 | DOI:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.8.2400073

Source: Euro Surveill - February 23, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Aurora Piazza Marta Corbella Vittoria Mattioni Marchetti Cristina Merla Irene Mileto Angela Kuka Greta Petazzoni Stefano Gaiarsa Roberta Migliavacca Fausto Baldanti Patrizia Cambieri Source Type: research