TABLE 1.

Cefotaxime-resistant clinical strains

Strain	Date of isolation (mo/day/yr or mo/yr)	Hospital	Specimen	Ward
E. coli TN03	03/26/2001	Tenon	Urine	Orthopedic surgery
E. coli TN05	07/04/2001	Tenon	Vaginal swab	Obstertics
E. coli TN06	09/30/2001	Tenon	Urine	Cardiology
E. coli TN07	10/03/2001	Tenon	Urine	Urology
E. coli TN08	07/31/2001	Tenon	Urine	Emergency
E. coli TN09	11/24/2001	Tenon	Urine	Emergency
E. coli TN12	12/19/2001	Tenon	Rectal swab	Nephrology ICUa
E. coli TN13	02/22/2002	Tenon	Blood	Digestive surgery
E. coli TN14	03/12/2002	Tenon	Urine	Nephrology
E. coli TN15	04/08/2002	Tenon	Vaginal swab	Maternity outpatient
E. coli TN16	05/29/2002	Tenon	Rectal swab	Nephrology ICU
E. coli TN17	06/04/2002	Tenon	Rectal swab	Nephrology ICU
E. coli TN18	03/05/2002	Tenon	Urine	Surgical ICU
E. coli TN19	08/18/2002	Tenon	Urine	Infectious diseases
E. coli RB-01	04/2002	R. Ballanger	Urine	Medical ward
E. coli LM-01	07/2002	L. Mourier	Rectal swab	ICU
K. pneumoniae KP-LT	06/2000	Saint-Michel	Urine	Surgery
K. pneumoniae KP-02	03/21/2002	Tenon	Wound	Respiratory ICU
K. pneumoniae KP-03	06/03/2002	Tenon	Urine	Nephrology ICU

^aICU, intensive care unit.