Long-term investigation of the clonal dissemination of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates producing extended-spectrum β-lactamases in a university hospital

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 201-209

  Branger, C ^a   Lesimple, A L ^a   Bruneau, B ^a   Berry, P ^a   Lambert Zechovsky, N ^a  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031888432     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-47-3-201     Document Type: Article

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