Activity of carbapenems and tigecycline against ESBL-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp.

• Main Authors: Caio Fernando de Oliveira (Author), Fernando Ferrugem (Author), Renan V. Schmidt (Author), Daniel Prá (Author), Jorge André Horta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica, 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT The indiscriminate use of carbapenems in the fight against multidrug resistant Gram-negative bacteria leads to the emergence of resistance to these antimicrobial agents. We examine the in vitro activity of carbapenems and tigecycline against ESBL-producing E. coli and Klebsiella spp. isolat...