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Epidemiology and risk factors for ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: a case control study

Author(s) -

Kutbettin Demırdağ,

Salih Hoşoğlu

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.778

Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , medicine , epidemiology , antibiotics , infection control , logistic regression , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , retrospective cohort study , risk factor , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , genotype , escherichia coli , biochemistry , gene

Increased production of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) has become an important issue for treatment of severe Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) infections. This study aimed to evaluate risk factors of infection from ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae (ESBL-KP).

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