Browsing by Subject "carbapenem resistance"
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Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa - clonal spread in Southern Brazil and in the State of Goias
(Contexto, 2010-09-01)This study evaluated the clonal spread of carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa producing SPM-1 type metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL), at the university hospital of Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, compared to an epidemic ...
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Cloverleaf test (modified Hodge test) for detecting carbapenemase production in Klebsiella pneumoniae: be aware of false positive results
(Oxford Univ Press, 2010-02-01)The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of carbapenemases in a Klebsiella pneumoniae collection and the performance of the modified Hodge test (MHT) to correctly identify this phenotype.Twenty-eight K. pneumoniae ...
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Dissemination in distinct Brazilian regions of an epidemic carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing SPM metallo-beta-lactamase
(Oxford Univ Press, 2003-10-01)Background: in Brazil, carbapenem use has been limited by high carbapenem-resistance rates among Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates.Objective: the main objective of this study was to evaluate the presence of an epidemic P. ...
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IMPs, VIMs and SPMs: the diversity of metallo-beta-lactamases produced by carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a Brazilian hospital
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2005-01-01)Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates (n = 183), collected from bacteraemic patients hospitalised in São Paulo Hospital (Brazil) during 2000-2001, were screened for susceptibility to antimicrobial agents. the polymyxins were the ...
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Occurrence of IMP-1 in non-baumannii Acinetobacter clinical isolates from Brazil
(Microbiology Soc, 2018)The aim of this study was to characterize the presence of carbapenemase-encoding genes in distinct species of Acinetobacter spp. isolated from Brazilian hospitals. Five carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp. isolates (two ...
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Resistance trends of Acinetobacter spp. in Latin America and characterization of international dissemination of multi-drug resistant strains: five-year report of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program
(Elsevier B.V., 2004-09-01)Objectives: To analyze the antimicrobial susceptibility of Acinetobacter spp. isolates collected from Latin American medical centers as part of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program and also to evaluate the ...
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Temporal evolution of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Curitiba, southern Brazil
(Elsevier B.V., 2010-05-01)Background: in the last few years, carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates (CR-AB) have been identified worldwide. the first description of OXA-23-producing A baumannii in Brazil was from the city of Curitiba ...
