International gatherings and potential for global dissemination of São Paulo metallo-β-lactamase (SPM) from Brazil

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 196-197

  Andrade, Leonardo Neves ^a   Woodford, Neil ^b   Darini, Ana Lúcia Costa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; blaSPM; Carbapenemase; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Resistance gene

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BLASPM; CARBAPENEMASE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESISTANCE GENE;

BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BRAZIL; CROWDING; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84893640747     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2013.10.006     Document Type: Letter

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