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Molecular diversity of Proteus mirabilis isolates producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in a French university hospital.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 May 2005
Biendo M, Thomas D, Laurans G, Hamdad-Daoudi F, Canarelli B, Rousseau F, Castelain S, Eb F
Abstract excerpt
Between February 1997 and December 2002, 3340 hospitalised patients yielded samples positive for Proteus mirabilis, of whom 45 (1.3%) were colonised/infected by P. mirabilis producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs). The gross incidence of patients colonised/infected by ESBL-producing P. mirabilis was 1.61/10(5) days of hospitalisation, with 20% of isolates being collected from patients in urology...
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