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Observation on integron carriage among clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae producing extended-spectrum β-lactamases
1 Jul 2010
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PURPOSE: Klebsiella pneumoniae is considered an important pathogen causing nosocomial and community-acquired infections and is often associated with the production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL) belonging to SHV and CTX-M families, which are frequently described as a part of complex integrons, facilitate their horizontal transfer to other related as well as unrelated microbes. The present study was...
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