Browsing Health Sciences by Subject "Multidrug-resistance"
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Candida auris : emergence and epidemiology of a highly pathogenic yeast
(2017) [Journal article]Candida auris is a multidrug-resistant emerging yeast, which was responsible for healthcare-associated infection outbreaks, and was cataloged as a new species in 2009, after being isolated from a patient’s ear canal secretion ... -
Clinical characteristics of 1,260 patients during an outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp. in Porto Alegre, Brazil
(2014) [Journal article]Background: Over the last decade, Acinetobacter baumannii has been an important cause of nosocomial infections worldwide. Aim: To assess clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients during a large citywide ... -
Hetero- and adaptive resistance to polymyxin B in OXA-23-producing carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates
(2013) [Journal article]Background: Resistance rates to polymyxin B in surveillance studies have been very low despite its increasing use worldwide as the last resort therapy for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli. However, two other ...