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Molecular epidemiology of a nosocomial outbreak due to SHV-4-producing strains of Citrobacter diversus.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Oct 1997
El Harrif-Heraud Z, Arpin C, Benliman S, Quentin C
Abstract excerpt
Over a 6-month period, eight strains of Citrobacter diversus (Citrobacter koseri) resistant to extended-spectrum cephalosporins and monobactams were isolated from seven colonized and/or infected patients from the same intensive care unit. All strains harbored a single large conjugative plasmid which mediated an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase of the SHV-4 type (ceftazidimase phenotype; enzyme pI, 7.8; plasmid...
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