Carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae: A major prevalence difference due to the high performance of carbapenemase producers when compared to the nonproducers

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1480-1482

  Perez, Leandro Reus Rodrigues ^a,b,c  

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

^b HOSPITAL MÃE DE DEUS   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLOXACILLIN; ERTAPENEM; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; MEROPENEM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROVIDENCIA STUARTII; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; BRAZIL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RECTUM;

BRAZIL; CARBAPENEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PREVALENCE; RECTUM;

EID: 84958547727     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.227     Document Type: Article

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