18 In Asia, however, the SMART study showed, between 2008 and 2009, a positive trend in the isolation of ESBL-producing enterobacteria in the intra-abdominal infections (IAIs), with rates of 10% in Australia, Japan, Korea and Singapore, and 50% in India, China and Thailand. 19 The same study also showed that ESBL production is closely related to increased mortality in the IAIs in a
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