“…E. coli isolates were tested for susceptibility to amoxicillin, tircacillin, amoxicillin + clavulanic acid, cefotaxime, cefoxitin, ceftazidime, cefepime, ertapenem, nalidixic acid, ciprofloxacin, gentamicin, amikacin, fosfomycin and co-trimoxazole (Bio-Rad, Marne-la-Coquette, France) using the disc diffusion method and presence of ESBL was determined using the double disc-diffusion phenotypic method, as recommended by the Antibiogram Committee of the French Society for Microbiology [4]. To confirm the ESBL identification with molecular methods, total DNA was extracted from E. coli strains, as described [5] and blaCTX-M (group 1), blaTEM and blaSHV genes were amplified by PCR using specific primers, as described [6].…”