First report of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in Brazil

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Jan;53(1):333-4. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00736-08. Epub 2008 Nov 17.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Brazil
  • Carbapenems / pharmacology
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / enzymology*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
  • beta-Lactamases / biosynthesis*

Substances

  • Carbapenems
  • beta-lactamase KPC-2
  • beta-Lactamases