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| Provedor de dados: |
BJID
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Clinical and microbiological characterization of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in Brazil
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| Autores: |
Beirão,Elisa Maria
Furtado,Juvencio Jose Duailibe
Girardello,Raquel
Ferreira Filho,Heli
Gales,Ana Cristina
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| Data: |
2011-02-01
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| Ano: |
2011
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| Palavras-chave: |
Klebsiella pneumonia
KPC
Hospital infection
Carbapenemase
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| Resumo: |
In 2008 isolates of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPC-KPN) were detected for the first time at Hospital Heliópolis, São Paulo, Brazil. The aim of this study was to characterize the clinical and microbiological outcomes of infections caused by KPC-KPN. A historical cohort of patients from whom KPC-KPN strains were isolated was performed. Isolates were identified as resistant to ertapenem by automated broth microdilution system and screened as carbapenemase producers by the modified Hodge test. The beta-lactamase resistance gene blaKPC was detected by PCR. The genetic relatedness of isolates was determined by PFGE. The study provides early clinical experience in treating KPC-KPN infections in a Brazilian tertiary center.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702011000100013
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| Editor: |
Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S1413-86702011000100013
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| Formato: |
text/html
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| Fonte: |
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases v.15 n.1 2011
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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