Characterization of KPC-Producing Serratia marcescens in an Intensive Care Unit of a Brazilian Tertiary Hospital

Characterization of KPC-Producing Serratia marcescens in an Intensive Care Unit of a Brazilian Tertiary Hospital

Serratia marcescens has emerged as an important opportunistic pathogen responsible for nosocomial and severe infections. Here, we determined phenotypic and molecular characteristics of 54 S. marcescens isolates obtained from patient samples from intensive-care-unit (ICU) and neonatal intensive-care-...

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Main Authors: Roumayne L. Ferreira, Graziela S. Rezende, Marcelo Silva Folhas Damas, Mariana Oliveira-Silva, André Pitondo-Silva, Márcia C. A. Brito, Eduardo Leonardecz, Fabiana R. de Góes, Emeline Boni Campanini, Iran Malavazi, Anderson F. da Cunha, Maria-Cristina da Silva Pranchevicius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Serratia marcescens
intensive care units
KPC
virulence and resistance genes
ERIC-PCR
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00956/full

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