Community-associated extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli infection in the United States.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on November 13, 2012

Authors

Yohei Doi1, Yoon Soo Park, Jesabel I Rivera, Jennifer M Adams-Haduch, Ameet Hingwe, Emilia M Sordillo, James S Lewis, Wanita J Howard, Laura E Johnson, Bruce Polsky, James H Jorgensen, Sandra S Richter, Kathleen A Shutt, David L Paterson

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA 15261, USA. yod4@pitt.edu

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