| current status of extended spectrum β-lactamase-producing escherichia coli, klebsiella pneumoniae and proteus mirabilis in okinawa prefecture, japan. | enterobacteriaceae producing extended spectrum β-lactamase (esbl) are distributed worldwide. in this study, 114 esbl-producing enterobacteriaceae were isolated by analyzing 1672 clinical isolates of enterobacteriaceae collected from an okinawa prefectural hospital in japan between june 2013 and july 2014. the overall prevalence of esbl-producing enterobacteriaceae was 6.8%; the prevalence of different bacterial species among the esbl-producing isolates was as follows: 11.5% escherichia coli (90 ... | 2016 | 26898665 |
| [antimicrobial susceptibility and prevalence of beta-lactamase producing clinical isolates in southern kyushu. the results of collaborative study from 1999 to 2000]. | the positivity of beta-lactamase and antimicrobial susceptibility were determined in a total of 1,358 clinical isolates at 15 hospitals and clinics in four prefectures in southern kyushu (okinawa, miyazaki, kagoshima and kumamoto) during the period from december 1999 to february 2000. the isolates collected comprised of 176 strains of s. aureus, 203 of h. influenzae, 102 of m. catarrhalis, 206 of e. coli, 153 of k. pneumoniae, 99 of e. cloacae, 95 of s. marcescens, 201 of p. aeruginosa, 79 of e. ... | 2002 | 12599533 |