Update on the epidemiology of carbapenemases in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Juan Carlos García-Betancur · Universidad El Bosque

Tobías Manuel Appel · Universidad El Bosque

Germán Esparza

Ana Cristina Gales · Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Gabriel Levy-Hara · El Hospital General de Agudos Carlos G. Durand

Wanda Cornistein · Hospital Universitario Austral

Silvio Vega · Complejo Hospitalario Dr. Arnulfo Arias Madrid

Abstract

Understanding the current epidemiology of carbapenemases in Latin America and the Caribbean is of critical importance to improve infection control policies limiting the dissemination of multi-drug-resistant pathogens and in implementing appropriate antimicrobial therapy.

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Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Vibrio bacteria research studies Antibiotic Use and Resistance

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Published in: Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy

Volume 19, Issue 2, pp. 197-213

DOI: 10.1080/14787210.2020.1813023

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Update on the epidemiology of carbapenemases in Latin America and the Caribbean

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