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February 23, 2011Clinical Infectious Diseases

Foodborne Nosocomial Outbreak of SHV1 and CTX-M-15-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: Epidemiology and Control

Esther Calbo N. Freixas Mariona Xercavins Margarita Riera-Montes Camille Nicolas Olga Monistrol M. Solé María Rosa Sala Jordi Vilà Javier Garau

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Abstract

To our knowledge, this is the first reported hospital outbreak that provides evidence that food can be a transmission vector for ESBL K. pneumoniae.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69de987c5e582bd3c5e93b32 https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciq238

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