Evaluation of phenotypic tests to detect carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in colonized patients hospitalized in intensive care units

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 436-438

  Perez, Leandro Reus Rodrigues ^a,b,c   Rodrigues, Diógenes ^c   Dias, Cícero Gomes ^c,d  

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

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL MÃE DE DEUS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbapenems; Enterobacteriaceae; KPC; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BENZENEBORONIC ACID; CARBAPENEM; EDETIC ACID; ERTAPENEM; MEROPENEM; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CHROMOGENIC READ; COMBINED DISK TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM BIOPSY; SELECTIVE ENRICHMENT BROTH; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; FECES; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SECRETION (PROCESS); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FECES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84938207790     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2015.03.008     Document Type: Article

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