CTX-M-27- and CTX-M-14-producing, ciprofloxacin-resistant <i>Escherichia coli</i> of the <i>H</i> 30 subclonal group within ST131 drive a Japanese regional ESBL epidemic

Abstract

This Japanese regional ESBL-producing E. coli epidemic is closely associated with newly identified CTX-M-27- and CTX-M-14-producing ST131 H30R subclonal groups and with mobile elements IS26, ISEcp1 and IS903D.