Multidrug-resistant bacterium posing a global public health threat is detected in Northeast Brazil (IMAGE)

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Multidrug-resistant bacterium posing a global public health threat is detected in Northeast Brazil

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Antibiotic susceptibility test showing Klebsiella pneumoniae to be resistant to all antibiotics. Thin paper discs each containing an antibiotic were placed on an agar plate with the bacterium, which continued to grow in contact with all 15 antibiotics tested

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Rubens Renato Carmo/ICB-USP

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