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SUBMITTER: Mataseje LF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5075087 | biostudies-other | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Mataseje Laura F LF Abdesselam Kahina K Vachon Julie J Mitchel Robyn R Bryce Elizabeth E Roscoe Diane D Boyd David A DA Embree Joanne J Katz Kevin K Kibsey Pamela P Simor Andrew E AE Taylor Geoffrey G Turgeon Nathalie N Langley Joanne J Gravel Denise D Amaratunga Kanchana K Mulvey Michael R MR
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20161021 11
Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) are increasing globally; here we report on the investigation of CPE in Canada over a 5-year period. Participating acute care facilities across Canada submitted carbapenem-nonsusceptible Enterobacteriaceae from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2014 to the National Microbiology Laboratory. All CPE were characterized by antimicrobial susceptibilities, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, multilocus sequence typing, and plasmid restriction fragment length p ...[more]