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Phenotypic and genotypic diversity of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from bloodstream infections recovered in the Hospitals of Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Chemotherapy - 1 Jan 2014
Inacio Hanoch S M, Bomfim Maria Rosa Q, França Rafaela O, Farias Luiz M, Carvalho Maria Auxiliadora R, Serufo José Carlos, Santos Simone Gonçalves
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pseudomonas aeruginosa commonly causes nosocomial bloodstream infections and the emergence of a variety of β-lactamases (BLs) is worrying. In 5 hospitals in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, the presence of phenotypes encoding BL genes was established and the genetic diversity of the P. aeruginosa strains recovered from bloodstream infections was analyzed. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The isolates were investigated...
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