Prolonged carriage of OXA-244-carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli complicates epidemiological investigations

• Main Authors: Felix Reichert (Author), Simon Brinkwirth (Author), Niels Pfennigwerth (Author), Sebastian Haller (Author), Lena Sophie Fritsch (Author), Tim Eckmanns (Author), Guido Werner (Author), Sören Gatermann (Author), Jörg B. Hans (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The rapid increase of OXA-244-producing Escherichia coli, predominantly driven by genetically clustered isolates of sequence type (ST)38, has been observed in at least nine European countries, including Germany. However, the reasons for the spread of OXA-244-producing E. coli remain unclear. Here, w...