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Multidrug-Resistant and Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2021
Tekele Saba Gebremichael, Teklu Dejenie Shiferaw, Legese Melese Hailu, Weldehana Daniel Gebretsadik, Belete Melaku Ashagrie, Tullu Kassu Desta, Birru Samuel Kinde
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BACKGROUND: The emergence and spread of multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria have become a public health problem in recent years. For the last many years, carbapenem antibiotics have been used successfully to treat infections caused by MDR Enterobacteriaceae. However, recently, Enterobacteriaceae producing carbapenemases have emerged, which confer broad resistance to most β-lactam antibiotics including...
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