Factors associated to prevalence and treatment of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections: a seven years retrospective study in three tertiary care hospitals

Abstract Background The increasing incidence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), has resulted in a difficult problem in the current clinical anti-infective treatment.We performed a retrospective analysis of prevalence and treatment for CRE infections patients.Methods This study was conducted in three tertiary care hospitals from rike

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Susceptibility of Enterococcus faecalis and Lactobacillus casei strains isolated from palmita-type venezuelan cheese to bacteriophages

Ten fresh cheese whey samples from local plants were analyzed to detect bacteriophages and evaluate the phage effects on the titratable acidity production in 10% sterile skim milk of eleven Enterococcus faecalis and seven Lactobacillus casei strains, which can be used as starters for the manufacture of Palmita-type Venezuelan cheese.The taylor made

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