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Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Serratia marcescens outbreak in a Bulgarian hospital.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Sept 2008
Ivanova D, Markovska R, Hadjieva N, Schneider I, Mitov I, Bauernfeind A
Abstract excerpt
We describe a nosocomial outbreak of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Serratia marcescens in a Bulgarian university hospital affecting nine patients on four wards. Phenotypic and genotypic (plasmid profile, randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis and amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis) analysis of the isolates indicated a single clone. The epidemic strain was resistant to oxyimino...
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