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Eradication of an extensive outbreak in a neonatal unit caused by two sequential Klebsiella pneumoniae clones harbouring related plasmids encoding an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Oct 2009
Velasco C, Rodríguez-Baño J, García L, Díaz P, Lupión C, Durán L, Pascual A
Abstract excerpt
Outbreaks caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae are difficult to control and closure of an affected unit is sometimes necessary. We describe an outbreak of ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae in a 28-bed neonatal unit that began in August 2005 and lasted for s...
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