Epidemiología molecular de beta-lactamasas de espectro extendido que producen bacterias Gram-negativas entre

Seble Worku1,2,3, Tamrat Abebe4, Alemseged Abdissa5

  • 1Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, College of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. workuseble@ymail.com.

BMC infectious diseases
|September 1, 2025
PubMed
Resumen

Las beta-lactamasas de espectro extendido (ESBL, por sus siglas en inglés) que producen bacterias gramnegativas son un problema importante de salud pública. Este estudio identificó altas tasas de GNB que producen ESBL en las infecciones del sitio quirúrgico etíope, destacando la necesidad de una mejor administración antimicrobiana.

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