Use of selective media for detection of cephalothin-resistant bacteria in surgical patients

Bacterial colonization in hospitalized patients is an important step in nosocomial infections. Frequent employment of antimicrobials can modify patients' normal microbiota, favoring colonization and infection by antimicrobial-resistant microorganisms. First-generation cephalosporins are frequen...

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Main Authors: Sérgio A.C. Melo, Eduardo A.R. Castro, Antônio C. Ponce-de-Leon, José A.A. Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702004000300001&lng=en&tlng=en