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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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Molecular characterization of SPM-1, a novel metallo-beta-lactamase isolated in Latin America: report from the SENTRY antimicrobial surveillance programme.
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J Antimicrob Chemother
|
2002
|
4.80
|
|
2
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Worldwide diversity of Klebsiella pneumoniae that produce beta-lactamase blaKPC-2 gene.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2010
|
4.25
|
|
3
|
Rapid detection and identification of metallo-beta-lactamase-encoding genes by multiplex real-time PCR assay and melt curve analysis.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2006
|
3.30
|
|
4
|
Cloverleaf test (modified Hodge test) for detecting carbapenemase production in Klebsiella pneumoniae: be aware of false positive results.
|
J Antimicrob Chemother
|
2009
|
2.56
|
|
5
|
Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii: resistance mechanisms and implications for therapy.
|
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther
|
2010
|
1.99
|
|
6
|
Prevalence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing clinical isolates in the Asia-Pacific region and South Africa: regional results from SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1998-99).
|
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
|
2002
|
1.83
|
|
7
|
Diversity of beta-lactamases produced by ceftazidime-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates causing bloodstream infections in Brazil.
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Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2009
|
1.75
|
|
8
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Metallo-beta-lactamase detection: comparative evaluation of double-disk synergy versus combined disk tests for IMP-, GIM-, SIM-, SPM-, or VIM-producing isolates.
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J Clin Microbiol
|
2008
|
1.74
|
|
9
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SENTRY antimicrobial surveillance program report: Latin American and Brazilian results for 1997 through 2001.
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Braz J Infect Dis
|
2004
|
1.58
|
|
10
|
First isolation of metallo-beta-lactamase-producing multiresistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from a patient in Brazil.
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J Clin Microbiol
|
2005
|
1.41
|
|
11
|
Increased resistance to first-line agents among bacterial pathogens isolated from urinary tract infections in Latin America: time for local guidelines?
|
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
|
2006
|
1.34
|
|
12
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Increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Latin American medical centres: 5 year report of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1997-2001).
|
J Antimicrob Chemother
|
2003
|
1.34
|
|
13
|
OXA-72-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Brazil: a case report.
|
J Antimicrob Chemother
|
2010
|
1.31
|
|
14
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The route of antimicrobial resistance from the hospital effluent to the environment: focus on the occurrence of KPC-producing Aeromonas spp. and Enterobacteriaceae in sewage.
|
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
|
2013
|
1.30
|
|
15
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Polymyxin-resistant Acinetobacter spp. isolates: what is next?
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2003
|
1.25
|
|
16
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Sustained activity and spectrum of selected extended-spectrum beta-lactams (carbapenems and cefepime) against Enterobacter spp. and ESBL-producing Klebsiella spp.: report from the SENTRY antimicrobial surveillance program (USA, 1997-2000).
|
Int J Antimicrob Agents
|
2003
|
1.22
|
|
17
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SPM-1-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa: analysis of the ancestor relationship using multilocus sequence typing, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and automated ribotyping.
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Microb Drug Resist
|
2011
|
1.13
|
|
18
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Prevalence of community-occurring extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Brazil.
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Curr Microbiol
|
2007
|
1.12
|
|
19
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Emergence of the extended-spectrum beta-lactamase GES-1 in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain from Brazil: report from the SENTRY antimicrobial surveillance program.
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Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2004
|
1.11
|
|
20
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Is the cefoxitin disk test reliable enough to detect oxacillin resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci?
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J Clin Microbiol
|
2005
|
1.07
|
|
21
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Efflux pumps expression and its association with porin down-regulation and beta-lactamase production among Pseudomonas aeruginosa causing bloodstream infections in Brazil.
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BMC Microbiol
|
2010
|
1.07
|
|
22
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Advances in the microbiological diagnosis of sepsis.
|
Shock
|
2008
|
1.06
|
|
23
|
Change in colony morphology of Candida lusitaniae in association with development of amphotericin B resistance.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2002
|
1.05
|
|
24
|
Susceptibility rates in Latin American nations: report from a regional resistance surveillance program (2011).
|
Braz J Infect Dis
|
2013
|
1.04
|
|
25
|
Dissemination of IMP-1 metallo- beta -lactamase-producing Acinetobacter species in a Brazilian teaching hospital.
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2006
|
1.04
|
|
26
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Detection of SPM-1-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa and class D β-lactamase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii isolates by use of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2012
|
1.03
|
|
27
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Low prevalence of blaOXA-143 in private hospitals in Brazil.
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Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2011
|
0.97
|
|
28
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Outbreak of OXY-2-Producing Klebsiella oxytoca in a renal transplant unit.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2008
|
0.95
|
|
29
|
Linezolid resistance in Brazilian Staphylococcus hominis strains is associated with L3 and 23S rRNA ribosomal mutations.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2013
|
0.95
|
|
30
|
Further identification of CTX-M-2 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2009
|
0.95
|
|
31
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Detection of GES-5-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Brazil.
|
J Antimicrob Chemother
|
2010
|
0.94
|
|
32
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Detection of OXA-231, a new variant of blaOXA-143, in Acinetobacter baumannii from Brazil: a case report.
|
J Antimicrob Chemother
|
2012
|
0.93
|
|
33
|
Molecular typing and antimicrobial susceptibility of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Brazil.
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2002
|
0.92
|
|
34
|
Influence of disk preparation on detection of metallo-beta-lactamase-producing isolates by the combined disk assay.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2007
|
0.92
|
|
35
|
Cation concentration variability of four distinct Mueller-Hinton agar brands influences polymyxin B susceptibility results.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2012
|
0.91
|
|
36
|
Outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Providencia stuartii in an intensive care unit.
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2012
|
0.89
|
|
37
|
Comment on: Performance of the Oxoid M.I.C.Evaluator™ Strips compared with the Etest® assay and BSAC agar dilution.
|
J Antimicrob Chemother
|
2011
|
0.89
|
|
38
|
Emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae-producing KPC-2 carbapenemase in Paraíba, Northeastern Brazil.
|
Braz J Infect Dis
|
2012
|
0.89
|
|
39
|
Clonal complex 258, the most frequently found multilocus sequence type complex in KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated in Brazilian hospitals.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2012
|
0.87
|
|
40
|
First report of plasmid-mediated qnrA1 in a ciprofloxacin-resistant Escherichia coli strain in Latin America.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2007
|
0.86
|
|
41
|
Dissemination of bla(IMP-1)-carrying integron In86 among Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates harboring a new trimethoprim resistance gene dfr23.
|
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
|
2008
|
0.84
|
|
42
|
Evaluation of the susceptibility profiles, genetic similarity and presence of qnr gene in Escherichia coli resistant to ciprofloxacin isolated in Brazilian hospitals.
|
Braz J Infect Dis
|
2007
|
0.84
|
|
43
|
First description of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella oxytoca in Brazil.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2013
|
0.83
|
|
44
|
Beta-lactam resistance mechanisms in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains causing bloodstream infections: comparative results between Brazilian and American isolates.
|
Microb Drug Resist
|
2012
|
0.83
|
|
45
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Outbreak of Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus bloodstream infections in São Paulo city, Brazil.
|
J Med Microbiol
|
2008
|
0.83
|
|
46
|
Frequency of plasmid-mediated AmpC in Enterobacteriaceae isolated in a Brazilian Teaching Hospital.
|
Braz J Microbiol
|
2013
|
0.80
|
|
47
|
In71, an Enterobacter cloacae blaVIM-1-carrying integron related to In70.2 from Italian Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates: a SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program report.
|
Microb Drug Resist
|
2007
|
0.80
|
|
48
|
beta-Lactam MICs correlate poorly with mutant prevention concentrations for clinical isolates of Acinetobacter spp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2006
|
0.79
|
|
49
|
First report of plasmid-mediated resistance to quinolones and cefotaxime in an Enterobacter cloacae strain isolated from an outpatient in Brazil.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2006
|
0.77
|
|
50
|
Ability of Latin America laboratories to detect antimicrobial resistance patterns: experience of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1997-2000).
|
Braz J Infect Dis
|
2004
|
0.76
|
|
51
|
Changing antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae from Brazil: Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1998-2004).
|
Microb Drug Resist
|
2006
|
0.76
|
|
52
|
Linezolid resistance in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium isolates in a Brazilian hospital.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2014
|
0.75
|
|
53
|
Extended-spectrum β-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae isolated in Brazil carry distinct types of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance genes.
|
J Med Microbiol
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
54
|
Antimicrobial activity of ceftobiprole against gram-negative and gram-positive pathogens: results from INVITA-A-CEFTO Brazilian study.
|
Braz J Infect Dis
|
2011
|
0.75
|
|
55
|
Bloodstream infections with OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in a university-affiliated hospital in Brazil: epidemiology and clinical outcomes.
|
Am J Infect Control
|
2011
|
0.75
|