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Risk-factors for acquisition of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli among hospitalised patients.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Mar 2006
Peña C, Gudiol C, Tubau F, Saballs M, Pujol M, Dominguez M A, Calatayud L, Ariza J, Gudiol F
Abstract excerpt
Between 1996 and 2002, 103 hospitalised patients yielding one or more clinical isolates of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-EC) were identified. A significant increase was observed in the incidence of ESBL-EC colonisation or infection during the study period (1.65 episodes/100 000 patient-days in 1996 to 12.6 episodes/100 000 patient-days in 2002; p 0.01). Infection developed in...
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