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Evaluation of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in a tertiary-level reference hospital in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Jan 2000
Lorenzoni Vinícius Victor, Silva Danielly da Costa, Rampelotto Roberta Filipini, Brites Patrícia Chaves, Villa Bárbara, Hörner Rosmari
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INTRODUCTION: The rapid global spread of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) is a threat to the health system. METHODS: We evaluated the antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of 70 CRE isolated in a tertiary hospital in Brazil between August and December 2015, and determined their resistance mechanisms. RESULTS: The most prevalent microorganism was Klebsiella pneumoniae (95.7%); it showed high-level...
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