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Emergence of Resistance to Novel Cephalosporin–β-Lactamase Inhibitor Combinations through the Modification of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa MexCD-OprJ Efflux Pump
11 Jun 2021
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A ceftolozane-tazobactam- and ceftazime-avibactam-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate was recovered after treatment (including azithromycin, meropenem, and ceftolozane-tazobactam) from a patient that had developed ventilator-associated pneumonia after COVID-19 infection. Whole-genome sequencing revealed that the strain, belonging to ST274, had acquired a nonsense mutation leading to truncated carbapenem...
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