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[Detection of metallo-beta-lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from hospitalized patients in Goiânia, State of Goiás].
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Jan 2000
Gonçalves Diana Christina Pereira Santos, Lima Ana Beatriz Mori, Leão Lara Stefania Netto de Oliveira, Filho José Rodrigues do Carmo, Pimenta Fabiana Cristina, Vieira José Daniel Gonçalves
Abstract excerpt
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a bacterium frequently isolated from hospital environments. This study had the aims of evaluating the susceptibility profile of Pseudomonas aeruginosa previously isolated from patients in a hospital in Goiânia (Goiás, Brazil), performing phenotypic screening for metallo-beta-lactamase production and detecting its genes using the polymerase chain reaction technique. Seventy-five 75...
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