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bla(SHV) Genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae: different allele distributions are associated with different promoters within individual isolates.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jan 2005
Hammond David S, Schooneveldt Jacqueline M, Nimmo Graeme R, Huygens Flavia, Giffard Philip M
Abstract excerpt
Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) emerge by point mutation from non-extended-spectrum precursors. The aims of this study were to reveal the basis for variations in resistance levels found in a collection of 21 Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates from Brisbane, Australia. Previous studies have shown that 20 of these isolates possess bla(SHV-11), bla(SHV-2a), and/or bla(SHV-12), and there is an...
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