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Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections with PER-1 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase in Warsaw, Poland: further evidence for an international clonal complex.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 2007
Empel Joanna, Filczak Krzysztof, Mrówka Agnieszka, Hryniewicz Waleria, Livermore David M, Gniadkowski Marek
Abstract excerpt
Forty-one Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates with extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) from a hospital in Warsaw, Poland, were analyzed. Thirty-seven isolates from several wards were collected over 9 months in 2003 and 2004. The isolates were recovered from patients with multiple types of infections, mostly respiratory tract and postoperative wound infections. All 41 isolates produced the PER-1 ESBL, originally...
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