Emergence of aph(3’)-VI and accumulation of aminoglycoside modifying enzyme genes in KPC-2-possessing Enterobacter aerogenes isolates from infections and colonization in patients from Recife-PE, Brazil

Abstract INTRODUCTION: The objective of this study was to characterize genes of aminoglycoside modifying enzymes (AMEs) in colonizing and infecting isolates of E. aerogenes harboring bla KPC from patients at a public hospital in Recife-PE, Brazil. METHODS: We analyzed 29 E. aerogenes clinical iso...

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Main Authors: Elza Ferreira Firmo, Adriane Borges Cabral, Érica Maria de Oliveira, Ana Catarina Souza Lopes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
KPC
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822019000100669&lng=en&tlng=en