Carbapenem-resistant GES-5-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Southern Brazil

Braz J Infect Dis. 2014 Mar-Apr;18(2):231-2. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2013.12.002. Epub 2014 Feb 8.

Authors

Vanessa Bley Ribeiro¹, Diego R Falci², Franciéli P Rozales³, Afonso L Barth¹, Alexandre P Zavascki⁴

Affiliations

¹ Centro de Pesquisa Experimental, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
² Serviço de Controle de Infecção, Hospital Nossa senhora da Conceição, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
³ Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
⁴ Infectious Diseases Service, HCPA, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Electronic address: azavascki@hcpa.ufrgs.br.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Brazil
Carbapenems / pharmacology*
Humans
Klebsiella Infections / microbiology
Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects
Klebsiella pneumoniae / enzymology*
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Phenotype
beta-Lactam Resistance*
beta-Lactamases / biosynthesis*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Carbapenems
beta-Lactamases