Molecular Characterization of ESBL-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Northern Portugal

Figure 1

Occurrence of ESBL-TEM, ESBL-SHV, and ESBL-CTX-M types in the north of Portugal. The present study, territory, Minho, is represented at the map in yellow. Other regions either from Portugal vs Spain are represented in different shades of green and gray or, respectively. Data was collected from the present study (yellow) and from several studies in these two countries [8–12, 14, 15, 17–26]. [ECO:Escherichia coli; ENT:Enterobacter spp.; KP:Klebsiella pneumoniae; K:Klebsiella spp.; SAL:Salmonella enterica].