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A Klebsiella pneumoniae producing three kinds of class A beta-lactamases encoded by one single plasmid isolated from a patient in Huashan Hospital, Shanghai, China.
International journal of antimicrobial agents - 1 Mar 2004
Xiong Zizhong, Zhu Demei, Wang Fu, Zhang Yingyuan, Okamoto Ryoichi, Inoue Matsuhisa
Abstract excerpt
A Klebsiella pneumoniae strain was isolated from a sputum specimen of a patient in the intensive care unit in 1999 in Shanghai Huashan Hospital, China. The isolate was confirmed as an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing strain by double-disk synergy test. The results of susceptibility test showed that it was resistant to most beta-lactams (including third generation cephalosporins) and...
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