Article
Infective endocarditis caused by Enterobacteriaceae: phenotypic and molecular characterization of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] - 1 Dec 2021
Andrade Nathália L, da Cruz Campos Ana Carolina, Cabral Andrea Maria, Damasco Paula Hesselberg, Lo-Ten-Foe Jerome, Rosa Ana Cláudia P, Damasco Paulo V
Abstract excerpt
The etiological agent for infective endocarditis (IE), a life-threatening disease, is usually gram-positive bacteria. However, gram-negative bacteria can rarely cause IE and 4% of cases are associated with morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to characterize Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from the blood of patients with IE. The characteristics of blood isolates were compared with those...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Brazil
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Endocarditis
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Humans
- Klebsiella Infections
- Klebsiella pneumoniae