Clinical and microbiological characterization of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in Brazil
In 2008 isolates of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPC-KPN) were detected for the first time at Hospital Heliópolis, São Paulo, Brazil. The aim of this study was to characterize the clinical and microbiological outcomes of infections caused by KPC-KPN. A historical cohort of patients from whom...
Main Authors: | Elisa Maria Beirão, Juvencio Jose Duailibe Furtado, Raquel Girardello, Heli Ferreira Filho, Ana Cristina Gales |
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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=S1413-86702011000100013&lng=en&tlng=en |
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