Surveillance of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteria in stool cultures in a university hospital in Santiago, Chile;Vigilancia de enterobacterias productoras de carbapenemasas en cultivos rectales en un hospital Universitario de Santiago, Chile

Revista Chilena de Infectologia

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-106

  Gutiérrez, Catalina ^a,b,c   Labarca, Jaime ^a   Román, Juan C ^a   Sanhueza, Francia ^a   Moraga, Marcela ^a   Wozniak, Aniela ^a   García, Patricia ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Laboratorio de Microbiología y Biología Molecular   (Chile)

^c Facultad de Medicina   (Chile)

Author keywords

Beta lactamase KPC 1; Beta lactamases; Enterobacteriaceae; Klebsiella pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHILE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; FECES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBAPENEMS; CHILE; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FECES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84874535665     PISSN: 07161018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-10182013000100019     Document Type: Article

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