Molecular epidemiology and mechanisms of Escherichia coli resistance to ertapenem but not other carbapenems in China
To investigate the molecular epidemiology and resistance mechanisms of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) with a specific phenotype resistant to ertapenem, but susceptible to meropenem and imipenem. Escherichia coli isolates ( n = 424) were collected across the country; 54 isolates were CRE,...