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Heteroresistance to Carbapenems in New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase-1–Producing Isolates: A Challenge for Detection?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Alexandre P. Zavascki ,
Diego R. Falci ,
Renato Cassol F. da Silva ,
Micheline G. Dalarosa ,
Vanessa Bley Ribeiro ,
Franciéli P. Rozales ,
Daniela I. Luz ,
Cibele M. Magagnin ,
Fabiane J. Vieira  and
Jorge M. Sampaio
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Alexandre P. Zavascki
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Diego R. Falci*
Affiliation:
Infection Control Service, Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Renato Cassol F. da Silva
Affiliation:
Infection Control Service, Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Micheline G. Dalarosa
Affiliation:
Infection Control Service, Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Vanessa Bley Ribeiro
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil Laboratório de Pesquisa em Resistência Bacteriana, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Franciéli P. Rozales
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil Laboratório de Pesquisa em Resistência Bacteriana, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Daniela I. Luz
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Pesquisa em Resistência Bacteriana, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Cibele M. Magagnin
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Pesquisa em Resistência Bacteriana, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Fabiane J. Vieira
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Pesquisa em Resistência Bacteriana, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Jorge M. Sampaio
Affiliation:
Microbiologia, Fleury Medicina e Saúde, São Paulo, Brazil
Afonso L. Barth
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil Laboratório de Pesquisa em Resistência Bacteriana, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
*
Infection Control Service, Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição, 596 Francisco Trein Street, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (dfalci@ghc.com.br).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 6 , 01 June 2014 , pp. 751 - 752
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