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Hospital cross-transmission of extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Medecine et maladies infectieuses - 1 Aug 2013
Cholley P, Thouverez M, Gbaguidi-Haore H, Sauget M, Slekovec C, Bertrand X, Talon D, Hocquet D
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OBJECTIVES: We had for objective to measure the incidence and the clonal diversity of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae producing extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) in order to assess the role of patient stay in amplification of the phenomenon, in our teaching hospital. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We measured the quarterly incidence rates of E. coli and K. pneumoniae producing or not producing ESBL in...
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