First report of a NDM-producing Providencia rettgeri strain in the state of São Paulo

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 675-676

  do Carmo Junior, Nelson Vieira ^a   Filho, Heli Ferreira ^a   Gomes e Costa, Durval Alex ^a   Calvalcante, Adilson Joaquim Westheimer ^a   de Oliveira Garcia, Doroti ^b   Furtado, Juvencio José Duailib ^a  

^a HOSPITAL HELIÓPOLIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; TOBRAMYCIN; BETA LACTAMASE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BONE INFECTION; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; FOOT AMPUTATION; FOOT EDEMA; FOOT PAIN; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROVIDENCIA RETTGERI; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TREATMENT FAILURE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROVIDENCIA;

BETA-LACTAMASES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROVIDENCIA;

EID: 84948777550     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2015.08.008     Document Type: Letter

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