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Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases among Enterobacteriaceae isolated in a public hospital in Brazil.
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - 1 Jan 2000
Dropa Milena, Balsalobre Livia C, Lincopan Nilton, Mamizuka Elsa M, Murakami Thays, Cassettari Valéria C, Franco Fábio, Guida Stella M, Balabakis Angelica J, Passadore Lilian F, Santos Silvia R, Matté Glavur R, Matté Maria H
Abstract excerpt
Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL) in enterobacteria are recognized worldwide as a great hospital problem. In this study, 127 ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolated in one year from inpatients and outpatients at a public teaching hospital at São Paulo, Brazil, were submitted to analysis by PCR with specific primers for bla SHV, bla TEM and bla CTX-M genes. From the 127 isolates, 96 (75.6%) Klebsiella...
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