Presence of KPC type carbapenemase in K. pneumoniae clinical isolates from intensive care unit patients

Klebsiella pneumoniae is an important opportunist pathogen that mainly cause outbreaks in health institutions, when it acquires the ability to produce carbapenemase, becomes resistant to betalactamics and other groups of antimicrobials as quinolones and aminoglycosides. The aim of this study was to...

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Main Authors: Armindo Perozo-Mena, Maribel Castellanos-González, Eliana Ling, Liliana Gómez, Messaria Ginestre, Gresleida Rincón
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Zulia 2016-08-01
Series:Kasmera
Subjects:
UCI
Online Access:https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/kasmera/article/view/21300