Nosocomial and community infections due to class A extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBLA)-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. in southern Brazil
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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702011000200008&lng=en&tlng=en |
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