| 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 |