Girlich, Delphine Poirel, Laurent Nordmann, Patrice 2015 A multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme including 7 housekeeping genes was used to evaluate whether the current spread of multidrug-resistant Enterobacter cloacae isolates worldwide might be associated to specific successful clones. Fifty E. cloacae clinical isolates of worldwide origin, with various β-lactamase content, and recovered at different periods of time were studied. Forty-four sequence types were identified, highlighting a high clonal diversity with 3 main lineages. This study revealed that a precise identification of the isolates by sequencing of the chromosomal ampC gene of E. cloacae would provide a significant added value to improve the reliability of the MLST scheme. application/pdf https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/304136 https://folia.unifr.ch/documents/304136/files/nor_cdm.pdf eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.01.003 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess License undefined Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. - 2015, vol. 81, no. 4, p. 264–268 Multidrug resistant bacteria Prevalence MLST Enterobacter cloacae info:eu-repo/classification/udc/57 Clonal distribution of multidrug-resistant Enterobacter cloacae http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501