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[Outbreak of nosocomial urinary tract infections due to a multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa].
Pathologie-biologie - 1 Apr 2003
Boutiba-Ben Boubaker I, Boukadida J, Triki O, Hannachi N, Ben Redjeb S
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An outbreak of a multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa including imipenem resistance occurred in the urology intensive care unit at Charles Nicolle Hospital (Tunis). All isolates presented the same antibiotic resistance pattern and were only susceptible to colistin. The epidemic strain was detected in different sites of this unit. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis after enzymatic restriction using XbaI was...
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