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Clinical and molecular epidemiology of multidrug-resistant Citrobacter spp. infections in a French university hospital

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Acknowledgments

We thank Professor Jacques Sirot and Dr. Catherine Chanal for performing the isoelectric focusing experiments. This work was supported by the Université de Montpellier 1 (BQR 68 and 88), La ville de Nîmes, and La Region Languedoc-Roussillon. The experiments described in this article comply with the current laws of France.

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  1. Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, ESPRI 26, UFR de Médecine, Avenue Kennedy, 30908, Nîmes Cedex 02, France

    J.-P. Lavigne, N. Bouziges & A. Sotto

  2. Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Virologie, Parasitologie, Groupe Hospitalo—Universitaire de Carémeau, Place du Professeur Robert Debré, 30029, Nîmes Cedex 9, France

    J.-P. Lavigne & N. Bouziges

  3. Département d’Information Médicale, Groupe Hospitalo—Universitaire de Carémeau, Place du Professeur Robert Debré, 30029, Nîmes Cedex 9, France

    C. Defez & A. Mahamat

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Lavigne, JP., Defez, C., Bouziges, N. et al. Clinical and molecular epidemiology of multidrug-resistant Citrobacter spp. infections in a French university hospital. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 26, 439–441 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-007-0315-3

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