Presence of qacEΔ1 gene and susceptibility to a hospital biocide in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa resistant to antibiotics.

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Published in Curr Microbiol on April 12, 2011

Authors

Célia Romão1, Catia Aparecida Miranda, Jaqueline Silva, Maysa Mandetta Clementino, Ivano de Filippis, Marise Asensi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology, INCQS-Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. celia.romao@incqs.fiocruz.br

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