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Dissemination of Proteus mirabilis isolates harboring CTX-M-14 and CTX-M-3 beta-lactamases at 2 hospitals in Taiwan.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Feb 2006
Wu Lii-Tzu, Wu Hwa-Jen, Chung Jing-Gung, Chuang Yin-Ching, Cheng Kuo-Chen, Yu Wen-Liang
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From February to June 2003, 111 clinical isolates of Proteus mirabilis were mainly isolated from patients with respiratory or urinary tract infections hospitalized at 3 district hospitals (A, B, C) in central Taiwan. Among them, 34 (30.6%) strains, isolated within 2 hospitals (A and B), exhibited nonsusceptibility to cefotaxime with significant reduction of MIC (> or = 3 log2 dilution) by the effect of clavulanic...
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