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Expansion and countrywide dissemination of ST11, ST15 and ST147 ciprofloxacin-resistant CTX-M-15-type beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae epidemic clones in Hungary in 2005--the new 'MRSAs'?
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2008
Damjanova Ivelina, Tóth Akos, Pászti Judit, Hajbel-Vékony Gabriella, Jakab Melinda, Berta Judit, Milch Hedda, Füzi Miklós
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OBJECTIVES: To investigate the molecular epidemiology of ciprofloxacin-resistant CTX-M-15-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae epidemic clones (ECs) isolated from six nosocomial outbreaks and sporadic cases during 2005 in Hungary. METHODS: Two hundred and eighty-one extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing K. pneumoniae clinical isolates collected from 41 centres were submitted to the National ESBL Reference...
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