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Multi-species<i>bla</i><sub>NDM</sub>outbreak in multiple tertiary and a primary healthcare facility in Merseyside, UK, driven by a combination of multi-species plasmids and small clonal outbreaks
2025-05-11
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<h4>Background</h4> The bla NDM carbapenemase gene provides Gram-negative bacteria the ability to hydrolyse almost all β-lactam antibiotics. A 90% year on year increase from 2022 to 2023 in prevalence of bla NDM in clinical isolates was identified in a clinical microbiology laboratory serving Merseyside, UK hospitals and GP practices in 2023. We analysed isolates identified to disclose the species and plasmid dive...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 1e5eb128-5cd7-5d9a-882b-ccbeb1abc54a
- DOI
- 10.1101/2025.05.09.25327284
