TEM derivative-producing Enterobacter aerogenes strains: dissemination of a prevalent clone.

TEM-24 (CAZ-6) extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) was detected in 1988 in Clermont-Ferrand, France, in Klebsiella pneumoniae (bla(TEM-24)) and Enterobacter aerogenes (bla(TEM-24b)), and since 1994, a TEM-24-producing E. aerogenes clonal strain has been observed elsewhere in the country. To determine if the spread of this clonal strain was restricted to TEM-24-producing E.