β-lactamase producing enterobacteria isolated from surveillance swabs of patients in a Cardiac Intensive Care Unit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
There is a high incidence of infections caused by betalactamase-producing Gram-negative microorganisms in Brazil. These organisms are of clinical and epidemiological importance, since their mobile genetic elements facilitate cross-infection. The present study was conducted in sentinel rectal swabs f...
Main Authors: | Marcia Regina G. Vasques, Alexandre Ribeiro Bello, Cristiane da Cruz Lamas, Juarez Correa, José Augusto Adler Pereira |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2011-01-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867011701362 |
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