Distinct epidemiology and resistance mechanisms affecting ceftolozane/tazobactam inPseudomonas aeruginosaisolates recovered from ICU patients in Spain and Portugal depicted by WGS

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OBJECTIVES: To analyse the epidemiology, the resistome and the virulome of ceftolozane/tazobactam-susceptible or -resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates recovered from surveillance studies in Portugal (STEP, 2017-18) and Spain (SUPERIOR, 2016-17). METHODS: P. aeruginosa isolates were recovered from intra-abdominal, urinary tract and lower respiratory tract infections in ICU patients admitted to 11...

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