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TEM-24 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacter aerogenes: long-term clonal dissemination in French hospitals.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Jun 2000
Galdbart J O, Lémann F, Ainouz D, Féron P, Lambert-Zechovsky N, Branger C
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate interstrain relatedness of TEM-24-producing Enterobacter aerogenes clinical strains isolated between 1993 and 1998 in 10 French hospitals from nine areas by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and plasmid patterns. METHODS: Fifteen TEM-24-producing strains and a set of 16 control strains having various other antibiotic resistance phenotypes were genotyped by PFGE. Plasmid DNA from...
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