Molecular Analysis and Risk Factors for Escherichia coli Producing Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Bloodstream Infection in Hematological Malignancies

Patricia Cornejo-Juárez; Carolina Pérez-Jiménez; Jesús Silva-Sánchez; Consuelo Velázquez-Acosta; Fernanda González-Lara; Fernando Reyna-Flores; Alejandro Sánchez-Pérez; Patricia Volkow-Fernández

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035780

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Molecular Analysis and Risk Factors for Escherichia coli Producing Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Bloodstream Infection in Hematological Malignancies

Patricia Cornejo-Juárez ,

* E-mail: patcornejo@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (INCan), Secretaría de Salud (Ssa), Mexico City, Mexico
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Carolina Pérez-Jiménez,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (INCan), Secretaría de Salud (Ssa), Mexico City, Mexico
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Jesús Silva-Sánchez,

Affiliation Departament of Epidemiologic Diagnosis, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (INSP), Centro de Investigaciones sobre Enfermedades Infecciosas (CISEI), Ssa, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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Consuelo Velázquez-Acosta,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (INCan), Secretaría de Salud (Ssa), Mexico City, Mexico
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Fernanda González-Lara,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (INCan), Secretaría de Salud (Ssa), Mexico City, Mexico
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Fernando Reyna-Flores,

Affiliation Departament of Epidemiologic Diagnosis, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (INSP), Centro de Investigaciones sobre Enfermedades Infecciosas (CISEI), Ssa, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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Alejandro Sánchez-Pérez,

Affiliation Departament of Epidemiologic Diagnosis, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (INSP), Centro de Investigaciones sobre Enfermedades Infecciosas (CISEI), Ssa, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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Patricia Volkow-Fernández

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (INCan), Secretaría de Salud (Ssa), Mexico City, Mexico
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Molecular Analysis and Risk Factors for Escherichia coli Producing Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Bloodstream Infection in Hematological Malignancies

Patricia Cornejo-Juárez,
Carolina Pérez-Jiménez,
Jesús Silva-Sánchez,
Consuelo Velázquez-Acosta,
Fernanda González-Lara,
Fernando Reyna-Flores,
Alejandro Sánchez-Pérez,
Patricia Volkow-Fernández

Published: April 23, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035780

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