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Nationwide spread of clonally related CTX-M-15-producing multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in Hungary

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  1. Department of Phage Typing and Molecular Epidemiology, National Center for Epidemiology, Gyáli út 2-6, 1097, Budapest, Hungary

    I. Damjanova & J. Pászti

  2. Department of Bacteriology, National Center for Epidemiology, Budapest, Hungary

    Á. Tóth & M. Füzi

  3. MICOER, Munich, Germany

    A. Bauernfeind

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Damjanova, I., Tóth, Á., Pászti, J. et al. Nationwide spread of clonally related CTX-M-15-producing multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in Hungary. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 25, 275–278 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-006-0120-4

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