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Pneumonia
Study results from I. Damjanova and colleagues in the area of pneumonia published
November 25th, 2008
In this recent report, researchers in Budapest, Hungary conducted a study "To investigate the molecular epidemiology of ciprofloxacin-resistant CTX-M-15-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae epidemic clones (ECs) isolated from six nosocomial outbreaks and sporadic cases during 2005 in Hungary. Two hundred and eighty-one extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing K. pneumoniae clinical isolates collected from 41 centres were submitted to the National ESBL Reference Laboratory for further investigations." "Of the 281 strains, 75 isolates proved to be SHV producers, whereas 6 isolates were ciprofloxacin-susceptible CTX-M-type ESBL producers. One hundred and ninety-six...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-11-25)
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