Nosocomial and community infections due to class A extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBLA)-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. in southern Brazil

Nosocomial and community infections due to class A extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBLA)-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. in southern Brazil

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OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of class A extended spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp., and to investigate clonality among ESBL-producing isolates of nosocomial and community infections. METHODS: The study involved 354 nosocomial infections samples an...

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Main Authors: Claudia Wollheim, Ivani Maria F Guerra, Vania D Conte, Sheila P Hoffman, Fernando J Schreiner, Ana Paula L Delamare, Afonso L Barth, Sérgio Echeverrigaray, Sérgio Olavo P da Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
β-lactamases
polymerase chain reaction
bacterial typing techniques
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