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Molecular markers for differentiation of multiresistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in a pediatric hospital.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology - 1 Nov 1997
Lhopital S, Bonacorsi S, Meis D, Brahimi N, Mathy S, Navarro J, Aigrain Y, Bingen E
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OBJECTIVE: To study the spread of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing, but aminoglycoside-susceptible, Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in our hospital over an 8-month period, by using two genotypic markers. DESIGN: Ribotyping (using two endonucleases) and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis (RAPD; using two different 10-mer primers) were applied to the epidemiological typing of clinical K pneumoniae...
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