Emergence of a novel extended-spectrum-β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing, fluoroquinolone-resistant clone of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli in Kumasi, Ghana.

Patrick Feglo, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Lord Ayisi, Ruchika Jain, Rachel R. Spurbeck, A. Cody Springman, N. Cary Engleberg, Duane W. Newton, Chuanwu Xi, Seth T. Walk* Department of Clinical Microbiology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan Hospital and Health Systems, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; Microbial Evolution and Epidemiology Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA; Clinical Microbiology Laboratories and the Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Hospital and Health Systems, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA