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Prevalence of fecal carriage of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in hospitalized and ambulatory patients during two non-outbreak periods

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This work was supported by a grant from Merck Sharp and Dohme, Spain (No. 2005/0056).

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    F. J. Castillo García, C. Seral García, M. P. De la Gandara, M. I. Millán Lou & C. Pitart Ferré

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Castillo García, F.J., Seral García, C., De la Gandara, M.P. et al. Prevalence of fecal carriage of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in hospitalized and ambulatory patients during two non-outbreak periods. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 26, 77–78 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-006-0242-8

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