Spread of metallo-β-lactamases: Screening reveals the presence of a blaspm-1 gene in hospital sewage in southern Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-85

  Fuentefria, Daiane Bopp ^a   Ferreira, Alessandra Einsfeld ^a   Gräf, Tiago ^a   Corção, Gertrudes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacterial resistance; Hospital sewage; Metallo Lactamases; P. aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 67149096339     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822009000100013     Document Type: Article

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