Cefepime versus extended spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae

The objective of this study was to evaluate the susceptibility to cefepime of a large group of ESBL-producing enterobacteria recently isolated in a Brazilian teaching hospital. The study included 280 strains of ESBL-producing enterobacteria, isolated between 2005 and 2008. The presence of the genes...

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Main Authors: Keite da Silva Nogueira, MSc, Alessandra Vale Daur, MSc, Iara Taborda de Messias Reason, PhD, Ana Cristina Gales, PhD, Libera Maria Dalla Costa, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867011701659