Heteroresistance to carbapenems in New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1-producing isolates: A challenge for detection?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 751-752

  Zavascki, Alexandre P ^a   Falci, Diego R ^b   Da Silva, Renato Cassol F ^b   Dalarosa, Micheline G ^b   Ribeiro, Vanessa Bley ^a,c   Rozales, Francieli P ^a,c   Luz, Daniela I ^a   Magagnin, Cibele M ^a   Vieira, Fabiane J ^a   Sampaio, Jorge M ^d   Barth, Afonso L ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL NOSSA SENHORA DA CONCEIÇÃO   (Brazil)

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

^d Depto Immunol Microbiol P   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA-LACTAMASE NDM-1; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; THIENAMYCIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; EPSILOMETER TEST; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROVIDENCIA RETTGERI; BIOSYNTHESIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PROVIDENCIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; CARBAPENEMS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PROVIDENCIA; THIENAMYCINS;

EID: 84899858005     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/676442     Document Type: Letter

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