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Occurrence of a multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clone in different hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2002
Pellegrino Flávia Lúcia Piffano Costa, Teixeira Lúcia Martins, Carvalho Md Maria da Glória Siqueira, Aranha Nouér Simone, Pinto De Oliveira Márcia, Mello Sampaio Jorge Luiz, D'Avila Freitas Andrea, Ferreira Adriana Lucia Pires, Amorim Ed Efigenia de Lourdes Teixeira, Riley Lee W, Moreira Beatriz Meurer
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Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa nosocomial infections are increasingly recognized worldwide. The existence of metallo-beta-lactamase- and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing isolates exhibiting resistance to most beta-lactam antimicrobial agents greatly complicates the clinical management of patients infected with such isolates. Since 1998, P. aeruginosa isolates resistant to all commercially...
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