Why is the microbiology lab calling about an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase bacterium from a wound culture?

Ribes, Julie; Rapp, Robert P · Orthopedics · 2005

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Abstract

As more and more gram-negative bacteria produce extended-spectrum beta-lactamases, it is important that physicians know what to do when these bacteria cause postoperative infections in patients.

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