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[Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated at the Cordoba Children's Hospital, Argentina].
Revista Argentina de microbiologia - 1 Jan 2000
Saka H A, Egea M, Culasso C, Rollán R, Avaro A, Carvajal L
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the present study was to investigate the presence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL) in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated at the "Hospital de Niños de Córdoba". The strains were collected from inpatients between January 1996 and July 2000. A total of 150 ESBL producer isolates were detected. During 1996 the prevalence of ESBL producer K. pneumoniae was 20%, but since 1998 the values have...
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