Table 2.

Characteristics of ESBL-producing Enterobacter cloacae isolated from the environment of patients hospitalized in the Hematology ward.

Source	Sample	Strain	PFGE pulsotypea	ST	ESBL	ADBAC MIC (mg/l)	DDAC MIC (mg/l)
PROTECTED AREA
Room 19	Patient sink drain	EcE1	F	66	CTX-M-15	128	128
CONVENTIONAL AREA
Room 34	Medical sink drain	EcE2	C	114	CTX-M-15	ND	ND
	Patient sink drain	EcE3	C	114	CTX-M-15	ND	ND
	Shower drain	EcE4	C	114	CTX-M-15	256	128
		EcE5	Cb	114	CTX-M-15	128	128
Room 36	Medical sink drain	EcE6	B	133	CTX-M-9/SHV-12	256	128
	Shower drain	EcE7	A	110	CTX-M-9/SHV-12	512	512
Room 37	Shower drain	EcE8	D	50	CTX-M-9/SHV-12	512	512
Room 38	Patient sink drain	EcE9	F	66	CTX-M-15	128	128
	Shower drain	EcE10	Ø	50	CTX-M-9/CTX-M-15/SHV-12	128	64
Room 40	Shower drain	EcE11	E	110	CTX-M-9/SHV-12	128	128
Room 46	Shower drain	EcE12	F	66	CTX-M-15	128	64
		EcE13	C	114	CTX-M-15	128	128
Room 48	Shower drain	EcE14	E	110	CTX-M-9/SHV-12	256	256
Room 64	Shower drain	EcE15	C	114	CTX-M-15	128	128
Room 65	Shower drain	EcE16	Ø	78	CTX-M-15	128	64
		EcE17	Ø	NEW	CTX-M-9/SHV-12	256	128

^aLetters identify the different pulsotypes. A pulsotype that was recovered only once is reported by “Ø”. Pulsotypes in bold were identical to clinical strain pulsotypes.

^bIsolate resistant to carbapenems.

ND, not determined.