Molecular epidemiology of a cluster of cases due to Klebsiella pneumoniae producing SHV-5 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase in the premature intensive care unit of a Hungarian hospital.

D, Szabó; Z, Filetóth; J, Szentandrássy; M, Némedi; E, Tóth; C, Jeney; G, Kispál; F, Rozgonyi

doi:10.1128/jcm.37.12.4167-4169.1999

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Molecular epidemiology of a cluster of cases due to Klebsiella pneumoniae producing SHV-5 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase in the premature intensive care unit of a Hungarian hospital.

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Szabó D

Filetóth Z

Szentandrássy J

Abstract

Fifteen nosocomial cases of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae occurred among 132 neonates in a premature intensive care unit in Hungary in June through November 1998. Fourteen strains were indistinguishable by molecular biological typing and harbored the same single co...

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