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Nosocomial bacteremia and urinary tract infections caused by extended-spectrum beta -lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae with plasmids carrying both SHV-5 and TLA-1 genes.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Apr 2004
Alcantar-Curiel Dolores, Tinoco Juan Carlos, Gayosso Catalina, Carlos Angeles, Daza Carlos, Perez-Prado Maria C, Salcido Lorena, Santos Jose I, Alpuche-Aranda Celia M
Abstract excerpt
We describe the prevalence and molecular characteristics of extended-spectrum beta -lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae causing nosocomial bacteremia and urinary tract infections in a Mexican general hospital. We analyzed 82 episodes of bacteremia (approximately 60% of episodes) and urinary tract infection (approximately 40% of episodes) due to K. pneumoniae during a 23-month surveillance period. The...
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