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Association Between Presence of Virulence Genes and Antibiotic Resistance in Clinical Klebsiella Pneumoniae Isolates.
Laboratory medicine - 1 Nov 2016
Derakhshan Safoura, Najar Peerayeh Shahin, Bakhshi Bita
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the presence of rmpA and wcaG virulence genes and Class 1, 2, and 3 integrons, and to evaluate a relationship between antibiotic resistance and virulence in Klebsiella pneumoniae METHODS: We collected a total of 200 K. pneumoniae isolates from hospitals in Tehran, Iran. Antibiotic susceptibility was determined using the disk diffusion method. The extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)...
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