Carbapenem-hydrolysing beta-lactamase KPC-2 in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Hospital Geral de Bonsucesso. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Fluminense. Hospital Universitário Antonio Pedro. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Fluminense. Hospital Universitário Antonio Pedro. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to characterize the KPC-type carbapenem-hydrolysing beta-lactamase, extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) and class 1 integrons among nosocomial Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Keywords in Portuguese

Resistência a Medicamentos
Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase
Integrons classe 1

Keywords

Multidrug resistance
Class 1 integrons
PCR
PFGE

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Citation

PEIRANO, Gisele et al. Carbapenem-hydrolysing b-lactamase KPC-2 in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, v. 63, p. 265-268, 2009.

DOI

10.1093/jac/dkn484

ISSN

0305-7453

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/31055

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2030-01-01

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