Sub-Typing of Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Isolates from a Nosocomial Outbreak: Application of a 10-Loci Generic Escherichia coli Multi-Locus Variable Number Tandem Repeat Analysis

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Nahid Karami,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital and Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy of the University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
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Lisa Helldal,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital and Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy of the University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
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Christina Welinder-Olsson,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital and Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy of the University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
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Christina Åhrén,

Affiliations Department of Clinical Microbiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital and Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy of the University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden, Infection Control, Sahlgrenska University Hospital and The Swedish Strategic Programme against Antibiotic Resistance (STRAMA), Västra Götaland Region, Göteborg, Sweden
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Edward R. B. Moore

* E-mail: erbmoore@ccug.se

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital and Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy of the University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
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