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List of works by Afonso Luís Barth

Acquisition of the mcr-1 gene by a high-risk clone of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST437/CC258, Brazil

scientific article published on 5 October 2017

Amplification of bacterial DNA does not distinguish patients with ascitic fluid infection from those colonized by bacteria

scientific article published on 01 May 2007

Antimicrobial susceptibility of gram-positive bacteria isolated in Brazilian hospitals participating in the SENTRY Program (2005-2008).

scientific article published in April 2009

Biofilm production using distinct media and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

scientific article published on 01 July 2011

Bloodstream infection by mcr-1-harboring Escherichia coli in a cancer patient in southern Brazil

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Carbapenem-resistant GES-5-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Southern Brazil

scientific article published on 08 February 2014

Carbapenem-resistant OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter baumannii isolates causing ventilator-associated pneumonia

scientific article published on 01 October 2010

Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: clonal spread in southern Brazil and in the state of Goiás.

scientific article published in September 2010

Characteristics of Enterobacteriaceae Isolates Coharboring Distinct Carbapenemase Genes.

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Characterization of Tn3000, a Transposon Responsible for blaNDM-1 Dissemination among Enterobacteriaceae in Brazil, Nepal, Morocco, and India

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Characterization of Transformants Obtained From NDM-1-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Brazil.

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Clinical failure of vancomycin treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infection in a tertiary care hospital in southern Brazil

scientific article published on December 8, 2003

Co-occurrence of mcr-1 and blaKPC-2 in a clinical isolate of Escherichia coli in Brazil

scientific article published on 15 May 2017

Comparative Analysis of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Sequence Types in Southern Brazil: From the First Outbreak (2007-2008) to the Endemic Period (2013-2014)

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Comparison of the worldwide transmissible Pseudomonas aeruginosa with isolates from brazilian cystic fibrosis patients

scientific article published on October 2010

Cystic and Non-Cystic Fibrosis Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates are not Differentiated by the Quorum-Sensing Signaling and Biofilm Production

scientific article published on 03 November 2011

Cystic fibrosis patient with Burkholderia pseudomallei infection acquired in Brazil

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Detection of Enterobacterales resistant to polymyxins using Rapid Polymyxins NP test

scientific article published on 11 March 2019

Detection of OXA-370 directly from rectal swabs and blood culture vials using an immunochromatographic assay

scientific article published on 5 May 2017

Detection of OXA-370, an OXA-48-related class D β-lactamase, in Enterobacter hormaechei from Brazil.

scientific article published on 7 April 2014

Detection of bla(GES-5) in carbapenem-resistant Kluyvera intermedia isolates recovered from the hospital environment

scientific article published on 4 November 2013

Detection of blaKPC-2 in a carbapenem-resistant Kluyvera georgiana

scientific article published on July 31, 2012

Direct disk diffusion susceptibility testing from respiratory tract specimens: focus on Pseudomonas aeruginosa

scientific article published on 27 June 2014

Dissemination of bla KPC-2 by the Spread of Klebsiella pneumoniae Clonal Complex 258 Clones (ST258, ST11, ST437) and Plasmids (IncFII, IncN, IncL/M) among Enterobacteriaceae Species in Brazil

scientific article published on May 16, 2011

Dissemination of blaOXA-370 is mediated by IncX plasmids and the Tn6435 transposon

scientific article published on 21 August 2018

Distribution of erm genes and low prevalence of inducible resistance to clindamycin among staphylococci isolates

scientific article published on November 1, 2010

Distribution of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) types I, II, III and IV in coagulase-negative staphylococci from patients attending a tertiary hospital in southern Brazil

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Draft genome sequence of a GES-5-producing Serratia marcescens isolated in southern Brazil

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Effects of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG on hepatic and serum lipid profiles in zebrafish exposed to ethanol

scientific article published on 02 July 2014

Elution methods to evaluate colistin susceptibility of Gram-negative rods

scientific article published on 23 October 2019

Emergence of Acinetobacter baumannii ST730 carrying the blaOXA-72 gene in Brazil

scientific article published on September 2016

Emergence of NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter pittii in Brazil

scientific article published on 12 January 2015

Emergence of NDM-1-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

scientific article published on 21 May 2014

Emergence of OXA-72-producing Acinetobacter baumannii Belonging to High-Risk Clones (CC15 and CC79) in Different Brazilian States

scientific article published on 06 December 2016

Emergence of linezolid-resistant Staphylococcus aureus during treatment of pulmonary infection in a patient with cystic fibrosis.

scientific article published on 9 March 2006

Emergence of mcr-1 Producing Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium from Retail Meat: First Detection in Brazil

scientific article published on 19 October 2017

Evaluation of EDTA and Dipicolinic Acid in Broth Microdilution with Polymyxin B as a Phenotypic Test to Detect the mcr-1 Gene

scientific article published on 08 October 2019

Evaluation of heteroresistance to polymyxin B among carbapenem-susceptible and -resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

scientific article published on 22 May 2013

Evaluation of tests to predict metallo-β-lactamase in cystic fibrosis (CF) and non-(CF) Pseudomonas.

scientific article published on 9 October 2014

Evaluation of the susceptibility test of polymyxin B using the commercial test Policimbac®

scientific article published on 20 March 2020

Evaluation of three molecular typing techniques for nonfermentative Gram-negative bacilli

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

False-positive results in screening for metallo-β-lactamase are observed in isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii due to production of oxacilinases

scientific article published on 11 July 2013

First report of IMP-1 in a clinical isolate of Escherichia coli in Latin America

scientific article published on 08 June 2020

First report of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter nosocomialis isolates harboring ISAba1-blaOXA-23 genes in Latin America

scientific article published on 5 June 2013

Genetic similarity of Burkholderia cenocepacia from cystic fibrosis patients.

scientific article published in January 2013

Group B Streptococcus detection: comparison of PCR assay and culture as a screening method for pregnant women

scientific article published on July 1, 2011

Hetero- and adaptive resistance to polymyxin B in OXA-23-producing carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates

scientific article published on 02 July 2013

Heteroresistance to carbapenems in New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1-producing isolates: a challenge for detection?

scientific article published on 01 June 2014

High Levels of Resistance to Cephalosporins Associated with the Presence of Extended-Spectrum and AmpC β-Lactamases in Escherichia coli from Broilers in Southern Brazil

scientific article published on 12 November 2019

High endemic levels of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii among hospitals in southern Brazil

scientific article published on July 23, 2011

High frequency of -lactam susceptibility in CTX-M-type extended-spectrum- -lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabilis according to the new CLSI recommendations

scientific article published on September 16, 2010

High prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with SCCmec type III in cystic fibrosis patients in southern, Brazil

scientific article published on 01 July 2010

High vancomycin resistance among biofilms produced by Staphylococcus species isolated from central venous catheters

scientific article published on 01 February 2011

High-performance method to detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase in Enterobacterales by LC-MS/MS

scientific article published on 27 January 2020

Hypermutable Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Cystic fibrosis patients from two Brazilian cities.

scientific article published on 9 January 2013

Identification, antimicrobial resistance and genotypic characterization of Enterococcus spp. isolated in Porto Alegre, Brazil

scientific article published on July 2009

Imipenem heteroresistance: high prevalence among Enterobacteriaceae Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase producers

scientific article published on 28 October 2014

In vitro antimicrobial activity of imipenem plus amikacin or polymyxin B against carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates

scientific article published on 12 May 2018

Infected and noninfected ascites in pediatric patients

scientific article published on March 2005

Influence of biofilm formation in the susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Brazilian patients with cystic fibrosis.

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KPC-2-producing Enterobacter cloacae in two cities from Southern Brazil

scientific article published on 29 April 2009

KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Brazil: a widespread threat in waiting?

scientific article published on 04 November 2009

KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream isolates from Brazilian hospitals: What (still) remains active?

scientific article published on 30 July 2018

Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing Serratia marcescens outbreak in a university hospital

scientific article published on 18 April 2017

Letter to the editor: Escherichia coli harbouring mcr-1 gene isolated from poultry not exposed to polymyxins in Brazil

scientific article published in June 2016

Low level of polymyxin resistance among nonclonal mcr-1-positive Escherichia coli from human sources in Brazil

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Low prevalence of the mcr-1 gene among carbapenemase-producing clinical isolates of Enterobacterales

scientific article published on 23 November 2018

Low-level resistance and clonal diversity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa among chronically colonized cystic fibrosis patients

scientific article published on 2 November 2015

Macrolides decrease the minimal inhibitory concentration of anti-pseudomonal agents against Pseudomonas aeruginosa from cystic fibrosis patients in biofilm

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Mobile genetic elements related to carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii

scientific article published on 4 July 2016

Molecular characterization of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing isolates in southern Brazil

scientific article published on 02 September 2013

Molecular investigation of isolates from a multistate polymicrobial outbreak associated with contaminated total parenteral nutrition in Brazil

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Nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease in a high tuberculosis incidence setting in Brazil

scientific article published on 01 April 2018

Nosocomial bloodstream infections due to metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa

scientific article published on 03 March 2008

Novel Cassette Assay To Quantify the Outer Membrane Permeability of Five β-Lactams Simultaneously in Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter cloacae

scientific article published on 11 February 2020

Novel mutations in the resistome of a new sequence type, ST262, of clarithromycin resistant Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense

scientific article published on 06 May 2020

Nutritional requirement among Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates recovered from respiratory clinical specimens at a tertiary hospital from South of Brazil

scientific article published on July 2011

Optimization of one-step duplex real-time RT-PCR for detection of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in nasopharyngeal aspirates

scientific article published on 13 July 2012

Outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing SPM-1 metallo-{beta}-lactamase in a teaching hospital in southern Brazil.

scientific article published on 20 October 2005

Performance of Polymyxin B Etest® in a setting of high prevalence of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

scientific article published on 20 February 2020

Performance of quantification of Modified Hodge Test: an evaluation with Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolates

scientific article published on 26 March 2014

Performance of rapid tests for carbapenemase detection among Brazilian Enterobacteriaceae isolates

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Pharmacokinetics of intravenous polymyxin B in critically ill patients.

scientific article published in November 2008

Pooling of samples to optimize SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis by RT-qPCR: comparative analysis of two protocols

scientific article published on 16 October 2020

Putative horizontal transfer of carbapenem resistance between Klebsiella pneumoniae and Kluyvera ascorbata during abdominal infection: A case report

scientific article published on 15 February 2019

Rapid Detection of Carbapenemase Production Directly from Blood Culture by Colorimetric Methods: Evaluation in a Routine Microbiology Laboratory.

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Rapid detection of the main carbapenemases in Brazil directly from spiked blood culture using the RESIST-3 O.K.N. immunoassay

scientific article published on 04 July 2019

Reappraisal of Pseudomonas aeruginosa hospital-acquired pneumonia mortality in the era of metallo-beta-lactamase-mediated multidrug resistance: a prospective observational study

scientific article published on January 2006

Risk factors for nosocomial infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing metallo-beta-lactamase in two tertiary-care teaching hospitals

scientific article published on 08 August 2006

Salmonella enterica mcr-1 Positive from Food in Brazil: Detection and Characterization

scientific article published on 26 September 2019

Stable carbapenem susceptibility rates among multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter spp. strains in a setting of high prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Stable polymyxin B susceptibility among carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: for how long?

scientific article published on 24 May 2016

Stable polymyxin B susceptibility to Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. despite persistent recovery of these organisms from respiratory secretions of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia treated with this drug

scientific article published on 8 July 2009

Synergy of polymyxin B, tigecycline and meropenem against carbapenem-resistant Enterobacter cloacae complex isolates

scientific article published on 22 November 2018

The Presence of Quorum-Sensing Genes in Pseudomonas isolates Infecting Cystic Fibrosis and Non-cystic Fibrosis Patients

scientific article published on 03 January 2013

The changing epidemiology of Acinetobacter spp. producing OXA carbapenemases causing bloodstream infections in Brazil: a BrasNet report.

scientific article published on 12 August 2015

The influence of metallo-beta-lactamase production on mortality in nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections

scientific article published on 03 June 2006

Vancomycin MIC for methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococcus isolates: evaluation of the broth microdilution and Etest methods.

scientific article published on 22 September 2010