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Long-term outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae& third generation cephalosporin use in a neonatal intensive care unit in north India.
The Indian journal of medical research - 1 Oct 2016
Banerjee Tuhina, Bhattacharjee Amitabha, Upadhyay Supriya, Mishra Shweta, Tiwari Karuna, Anupurba Shampa, Sen Malay Ranjan, Basu Sriparna, Kumar Ashok
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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: The indiscriminate use of third generation cephalosporin has contributed to the emergence and widespread dissemination of extended spectrum β lactamases (ESBL) genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae. This study was undertaken to elaborate the genetic behaviour of ESBL - producing K. pneumoniae isolates in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of a tertiary care hospital in north India causing...
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