High Proportion of Intestinal Colonization with Successful Epidemic Clones of ESBL-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Ecuador

Viveka Nordberg; Arturo Quizhpe Peralta; Telmo Galindo; Agata Turlej-Rogacka; Aina Iversen; Christian G. Giske; Lars Navér

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076597

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High Proportion of Intestinal Colonization with Successful Epidemic Clones of ESBL-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Ecuador

Viveka Nordberg ,

* E-mail: Viveka.yao-nordberg@karolinska.se

Affiliations Department of Neonatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Division of Pediatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Arturo Quizhpe Peralta,

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medical science, University of Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador, Nijmegen International Center for Health Systems Research and Education, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Telmo Galindo,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medical science, University of Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
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Agata Turlej-Rogacka,

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Aina Iversen,

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Christian G. Giske,

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Lars Navér

Affiliations Department of Neonatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Division of Pediatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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High Proportion of Intestinal Colonization with Successful Epidemic Clones of ESBL-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Ecuador

Viveka Nordberg,
Arturo Quizhpe Peralta,
Telmo Galindo,
Agata Turlej-Rogacka,
Aina Iversen,
Christian G. Giske,
Lars Navér

Published: October 11, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076597

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