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Carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Spain: interregional dissemination of the high-risk clones ST175 and ST244 carrying blaVIM-2, blaVIM-1, blaIMP-8, blaVIM-20 and blaKPC-2.
International journal of antimicrobial agents - 1 Jul 2020
PÉrez-VÁzquez María, Sola-Campoy Pedro J, Zurita Ángela María, Ávila Alicia, GÓmez-Bertomeu Frederic, SolÍs Sonia, LÓpez-Urrutia Luis, GÓnzalez-BarberÁ Eva Mª, Cercenado Emilia, Bautista Verónica, Lara Noelia, Aracil Belén, Oliver Antonio, Campos José, Oteo-Iglesias Jesús
Abstract excerpt
Carbapenemase-producing (CP) Pseudomonas aeruginosa is rare compared with mutation-driven carbapenem-resistance, but this situation may be changing. A collection of CP P. aeruginosa isolates was characterized in this study. In 2016, 232 unduplicated carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa isolates, of which 71 (30.6%) carried carbapenemase genes, were submitted to the Spanish antibiotic reference laboratory and were...
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