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Molecular epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in a university hospital in Tunis, Tunisia, 1999-2005.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Feb 2010
Elhani D, Bakir L, Aouni M, Passet V, Arlet G, Brisse S, Weill F-X
Abstract excerpt
During a period of 6 years and 5 months (January 1999 to May 2005), 103 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates, each from an individual patient or site, were collected at Mongi Slim University Hospital Centre, Tunis, Tunisia. The objectives of our work were the characterization of the bla genes encoding ESBLs, the investigation of clonal diversity of strains, and...
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