Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases among Enterobacteriaceae isolated in a public hospital in Brazil Beta-lactamases de espectro estendido em Enterobacteriaceae isoladas de Hospital Público no Brasil

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Milena Dropa, Livia C. Balsalobre, Nilton Lincopan, Elsa M. Mamizuka, Thays Murakami, Valéria C. Cassettari, Fábio Franco, Stella M. Guida, Angelica J. Balabakis, Lilian F. Passadore, Silvia R. Santos, Glavur R. Matté, Maria H. Matté
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2009
• Subjects: ESBL; Enterobacteriaceae; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis; Antimicrobial resistance; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Providencia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652009000400005; https://doaj.org/article/476029b26ead4898a8e33692ce528e50

Extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) in enterobacteria are recognized worldwide as a great hospital problem. In this study, 127 ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolated in one year from inpatients and outpatients at a public teaching hospital at São Paulo, Brazil, were submitted to analysis by PC...