Antimicrobial resistance in Enterobacteriaceae in Brazil: focus on β-lactams and polymyxins

ABSTRACT During the last 30 years there has been a dissemination of plasmid-mediated β-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae in Brazil. Extended spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) are widely disseminated in the hospital setting and are detected in a lower frequency in the community setting. Cefotaximases are t...

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Main Authors: Jorge Luiz Mello Sampaio, Ana Cristina Gales
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
KPC
NDM
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822016000500031&lng=en&tlng=en