Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH THE

Amount

$167,226.00

Award Date

9/11/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Escherichia coli that produces extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) tends to be resistant to many classes of antibiotics. Spread of these multidrug-resistant strains of E. coli in the community may lead to treatment failures of common infections such a