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Detection and spread of carbapenem-resistant Citrobacter freundii in a teaching hospital in China.
American journal of infection control - 1 Nov 2011
Chen Shudan, Hu Fupin, Liu Yang, Zhu Demei, Wang Honghai, Zhang Yingyuan
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BACKGROUND: We examined the detection and spread of carbapenem-resistant Citrobacter freundii in Huashan Hospital, Shanghai, China between 2005 and 2008. METHODS: Twenty-three isolates of carbapenem-resistant C freundii collected in our hospital underwent resistant gene amplification by polymerase chain reaction, followed by minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) analysis. Molecular epidemiologic analyses...
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