Abstract

GARCIA, Coralith; ASTOCONDOR, Lizeth  and  BANDA, Claudia. Extended-spectrum beta lactamasa-producing Enterobacteriaceae: The current situation in Latin America and Peru. Acta méd. peruana [online]. 2012, vol.29, n.3, pp.163-169. ISSN 1728-5917.

Enterobacteriaceae, particularly E. coli and Klebsiella spp. show an increasing resistance to cephalosporins all over the world. There very few studies in Peru about this situation. This paper tries to perform a scientific evidence based review about this increasingly serious problem.

Keywords : Enterobacteriaceae; Enterobacteriaceae Infections; cephalosporins; drug resistance; microbial.

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