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Characterization of carbapenem-non-susceptible Escherichia coli isolates from a university hospital in Taiwan
22 Feb 2008
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OBJECTIVES: To investigate characteristics of nine carbapenem-non-susceptible (CP-NS) Escherichia coli isolates collected between 1999 and 2005 at a Taiwanese university hospital. METHODS: Genetic relatedness was analysed by PFGE. beta-Lactamases were characterized by PCR and isoelectric focusing. Outer membrane proteins and transcripts were investigated by SDS-PAGE and northern blotting. Cloning experiments were...
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