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Emergence of Providencia rettgeri NDM-1 in two departments of Colombia, 2012-2013.
Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica - 1 Jan 2000
Saavedra-Rojas Sandra-Yamile, Duarte-Valderrama Carolina, González-de-Arias María-Nilse, Ovalle-Guerro María Victoria
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INTRODUCTION: In Colombia, between 2012 and 2013, 19 isolates with NDM were identified, of which 14 corresponded to Providencia rettgeri. METHODS: The isolates were identified by Vitek-2, and antimicrobial susceptibility was evaluated by broth microdilution. The carbapenemase phenotypes were determined with Modified Hodge Test and synergy tests with EDTA/SMA and APB, the genotypes by PCR using specific primers...
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