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Molecular epidemiology and risk factors of bloodstream infections caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

Juan Luis Mosqueda-Gómez, Aldo J. Montaño‐Loza, Ana Lilia Rolón, Carlos Cervantes, Miriam Bobadilla-del-Valle, Jesús Silva-Sánchez, Ulises Garza–Ramos, Angelina Villası́s-Keever, Arturo Galindo‐Fraga, Guillermo M. Ruiz Palacios,

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2008 · 57 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

The prevalence of ESBL-Kp was found to be lower than that previously reported in Latin America. ESBL-Kp bacteremia was not associated with a worse clinical outcome. We were able to identify a plasmid-mediated horizontal dissemination over the 10-year period.

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