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Extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) in Enterobacteriaceae confirmed in 2004

Summary

Until 2005 hospital and community laboratories were requested to refer all isolations of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriacae to ESR for confirmation and further characterisation. Annual summaries of confirmed isolates are available.

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