Distribution of Strain Type and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Escherichia coli Isolates Causing Meningitis in a Large Urban Setting in Brazil
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Article
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Berman, Hillary (Author)
Barberino, Maria Goreth (Author)
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Title:
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
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Volume/ Issue No.: 2014/MAY V.52 N.5
Call No.:616.0105 JCM Location: Periodicals & References Hall - 2nd floor
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p 1418-1422
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Medical sciences
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Abstract |
The clinical management of meningitis caused by Escherichia coli is greatly complicated when the organism becomes resistant to broad-spectrum antibiotics. We sought to characterize the antimicrobial susceptibilities, sequence types (ST), and presence of known drug resistance genes of E. coli isolates that caused meningitis between 1996 and 2011 in Salvador, Brazil....
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Journal of Clinical Microbiology
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Issu: 2014/MAY V.52 N.5
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