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Outbreak of Infection with Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Mexican Hospital
1 Sept 2001
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Thirty-one strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae (including 10 duplicates) from 21 septicemic pediatric patients (age, <2 months) were studied during a 4-month period (June to October 1996) in which the fatality rate was 62% (13 of 21). These isolates identified by the API 20E system yielded the same biotype. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis experiments revealed the same clone in 31 strains. The isolates were...
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