Carbapenem-resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa - Clonal spread in Southern Brazil and in the state of Goiás

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 508-509

  Scheffer, Mara Cristina ^a   Gales, Ana Cristina ^b   Barth, Afonso Luis ^c   do Carmo Filho, José Rodrigues ^d   Dalla Costa, Libera Maria ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^d PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbapenem resistance; Metallo lactamase; P. aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INFECTION CONTROL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 78951490650     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702010000500014     Document Type: Article

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