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Letter to the Editor

First report of OXA-48–producing Escherichia coli in Croatia and confirmed intergenic transfer of a plasmid-carrying blaOXA-48 from Klebsiella pneumoniae

Zrinka BošnjakDepartment of Clinical and Molecular Microbiology and School of Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; Correspondence[email protected]
,
Monika A. ChlebowiczDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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Ivana MarekovićDepartment of Clinical and Molecular Microbiology and School of Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia;
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Violeta Rezo VranješDepartment of Clinical and Molecular Microbiology and School of Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia;
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John W. RossenDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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Ana BudimirDepartment of Clinical and Molecular Microbiology and School of Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia;
Pages 313-316 | Received 28 Sep 2017, Accepted 06 Oct 2017, Published online: 26 Oct 2017

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