E. coli ST131 is becoming carbapenem resistant. I suspect as CTX-M moves onto the chromosome and the F plasmid is lost facilitating acquisition of carbapenemase plasmids.
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New research article
Emergence of carbapenemase-producing #Escherichia coli in acute care hospitals in 32 European countries (the CCRE survey)
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