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Detection of carbapenemase-producing bacteria in a public healthcare center from Venezuela.
Journal of infection in developing countries - 27 Dec 2020
Gomez-Gamboa Liliana, Perozo-Mena Armindo, Bermudez-Gonzalez Jose, Villavicencio Christty, Villasmil Jessica, Ginestre Messaria M, Velasquez Jesvy
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INTRODUCTION: The dramatic increase in the prevalence and clinical impact of infections caused by Carbapenemase-Producing Bacteria in the nosocomial setting in Latin America represents an emerging challenge to public health. The present study detected carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria in patients from a Hospital from Venezuela, by phenotypic and genotypic methods. METHODOLOGY: The bacterial...
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