Antimicrobial resistance in Enterobacteriaceae in Brazil: focus on β-lactams and polymyxins

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue , 2016, Pages 31-37

  Sampaio, Jorge Luiz Mello ^a,b   Gales, Ana Cristina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Fleury   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Brazil; Carbapenemases; Colistin; Enterobacteriaceae; ESBL; Extended spectrum lactamases; Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase; KPC; NDM; New Delhi metallo lactamase; Polymyxin B

Indexed keywords

AMPC BETA-LACTAMASES; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEMASE; POLYMYXIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BRAZIL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; BRAZIL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; POLYMYXINS;

EID: 85003956497     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjm.2016.10.002     Document Type: Review

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