Characterization of multidrug-resistant and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains from Malaysian hospitals

The emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae poses a serious antibiotic management problem as resistance genes are easily transferred from one organism to another. Fifty-one strains of K. pneumoniae isolated from sporadic case...

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Main Authors: Lim, K.T., Yeo, C.C., Yasin, R.M., Balan, G., Thong, Kwai Lin
Format: Article
Published: Microbiology Society 2009
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