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Observation on integron carriage among clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae producing extended-spectrum β-lactamases

Amitabha Bhattacharjee, MR Sen, Pradyot Prakash, Abhishek Gaur, Shampa Anupurba, Gopal Nath

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology · 2010 · 32 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

The presence of class 2 integron amongst ESBL-producing K pneumoniae is being described for the first time in this part of the world. The findings of this study strongly suggest that integrons have a role in the dissemination of ESBL-mediated resistance among the nosocomial isolates of K pneumonia.

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