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High clonal diversity in a non-outbreak situation of clinical ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in the first national surveillance program in Cuba.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Feb 2014
Quiñones Dianelys, Valverde Aránzazu, Rodríguez-Baños Mercedes, Kobayashi Nobumichi, Zayaz Arnaldo, Abreu Miriam, Cantón Rafael, del Campo Rosa
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This work summarized the results obtained in an institutional Klebsiella pneumoniae surveillance program recently implemented in Cuba. Eighteen hospitals from five regions provided a total of 228 K. pneumoniae isolates (164 from admitted patients, four from hospital environmental sources, and 60 isolates from community patients). The genetic relationship was assessed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and...
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