Author:
Zavascki Alexandre P.,Carvalhaes Cecília G.,da Silva Geórgia L.,Soares Sílvia Pedroso Tavares,de Alcåntara Luciana R.,Elias Laura S.,Sandri Ana M.,Gales Ana C.
Abstract
Outbreaks by carbapenem-resistantProvidencia stuartii(CRPS) are rarely described. Clinical characteristics of patients with CRPS in an intensive care unit and resistance mechanisms were investigated. Carbapenemase production and/or outer membrane alterations were not detected; only CTX-M-2 and AmpC hyperproduction were noted. The outbreak was ultimately controlled in a 3-month period.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),Epidemiology