International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 392-395 , April 2010

Carriage of genes for various extended-spectrum β-lactamases: a novel resistance strategy of Klebsiella pneumoniae in Poland

  • Danuta Dzierżanowska

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Al. Dzieci Polskich 20, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland
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  • Wanda Kamińska

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Al. Dzieci Polskich 20, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland
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  • Katarzyna Semczuk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Al. Dzieci Polskich 20, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland
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  • Dariusz Borowiec

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Al. Dzieci Polskich 20, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland
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  • Michał Matysiak

      Affiliations

    • Clinic of Paediatrics, Haematology and Oncology, Warsaw Medical University, ul. Marszałkowska 24, 00-576 Warsaw, Poland
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  • Anna Szumała-Kąkol

      Affiliations

    • Bacteriological Laboratory, Clinical Gynaecological Hospital, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, ul. Polna 33, 60-535 Poznań, Poland
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  • Rafał Gierczyński

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Public Health–National Institute of Hygiene, Chocimska 24, 00-791 Warsaw, Poland
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  • Jan A. Patzer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Al. Dzieci Polskich 20, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +48 22 815 7271; fax: +48 22 815 7275.

Received 7 September 2009 ,Accepted 4 December 2009.

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PII: S0924-8579(10)00007-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2009.12.010

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 392-395 , April 2010

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