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- The study screened 703 isolates of Enterobacteriaceae from 34 ICUs in Germany.
- Four patients in two ICUs were found to have qnr-positive strains of Enterobacter sp. and Citrobacter freundii that also contained integrons.
- This research marks one of the earliest instances of reporting qnr-positive strains in European patients.
Article Abstract
Screening of 703 isolates of Enterobacteriaceae, obtained from 34 German intensive care units (ICUs), revealed qnr-positive, integron-containing isolates of Enterobacter sp. and Citrobacter freundii from four patients in 2 German ICUs. This is one of the first reports of qnr-positive strains obtained from patients in Europe.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC547280 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.49.2.773-775.2005 | DOI Listing |
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