Multicenter evaluation of resistance patterns of Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp and Shigella spp isolated from clinical specimens in Brazil: RESISTNET surveillance program

Surveillance programs are essential to detect the increase of antimicrobial resistance, and several different programs are being conducted in many countries. The RESISTNET is a surveillance program for bacterial resistance against several antimicrobial agents initiated in 1998 among Latin American c...

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Main Authors: Carmen Paz Oplustil, Rogério Nunes, Caio Mendes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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