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Rapid Tracing of Resistance Plasmids in a Nosocomial Outbreak Using Optical DNA Mapping
23 Mar 2016
Abstract excerpt
Resistance to life-saving antibiotics increases rapidly worldwide, and multiresistant bacteria have become a global threat to human health. Presently, the most serious threat is the increasing spread of Enterobacteriaceae carrying genes coding for extended spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) and carbapenemases on highly mobile plasmids. We here demonstrate how optical DNA maps of single plasmids can be used as...
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