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Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neonatal unit: control of an outbreak using a new ADSRRS technique.
Polish journal of microbiology - 1 Jan 2005
Krawczyk Beata, Samet Alfred, Czarniak Elzbieta, Szczapa Jerzy, Kur Józef
Abstract excerpt
Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (EPKP) strains are frequently implicated in outbreaks in neonatal units. From April 2002 to January 2003, 149 neonates were colonized/infected with EPKP in the Neonatal Clinic of the Teaching Hospital at the Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland. A novel assay based on suppression of PCR, ADSRRS-fingerprinting, was successfully evaluated for...
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