Emergence of NDM-1-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Porto Alegre, Brazil

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue , 2014, Pages 79-81

  Rozales, Franciéli P ^a,b   Ribeiro, Vanessa B ^a,b   Magagnin, Cibele M ^a,b   Pagano, Mariana ^a,b   Lutz, Larissa ^b   Falci, Diego R ^c   Machado, Adão ^d   Barth, Afonso L ^a,b   Zavascki, Alexandre P ^a,b  

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

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL NOSSA SENHORA DA CONCEIÇÃO   (Brazil)

^d Infection Control Service Hospital Beneficiência Portuguesa   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbapenemase; Epidemiology; NDM 1; Resistance

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEMASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA-LACTAMASE NDM-1;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMAN; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE 1 PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BRAZIL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 84902146737     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.01.005     Document Type: Article

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