Jpn. J. Infect. Dis., 59 (1), 69-71, 2006
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Laboratory and Epidemiology Communications
A Nosocomial Outbreak Due to Novel CTX-M-2-Producing Strains of Citrobacter koseri in a Hematological Ward
Tsuyoshi Muta*, Nobuko Tsuruta1, Yumiko Seki2, Rika Ota2, Satowa Suzuki3, Naohiro Shibata3, Koji Kato, Tetsuya Eto, Hisashi Gondo and Yoshichika Arakawa3
Department of Hematology, 1Department of Respiratory Disease and 2Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hamanomachi Hospital, Fukuoka 810-8539, and 3Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection Control, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan
Communicated by Kiyosu Taniguchi
(Accepted January 10, 2006)
*Corresponding author: Mailing address: Mailing address: Department of Hematology, Hamanomachi Hospital, 3-5-27 Maizuru, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-8539, Japan. Tel: +81-92-721-0831, Fax: +81-92-714-3262, E-mail: muta-t@hamanomachi.jp