Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of ESKAPE pathogens from the Federal District, Brazil

• Main Authors: Daniely M. Silva (Author), Eulina Maria N. Menezes (Author), Emerson V. Silva (Author), Thaís A. C. Lamounier (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica, 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Introduction: The leading cause of hospital-acquired infections are the pathogens named by the acronym ESKAPE, which are the initials for the following bacterial: Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumanni, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobac...