Molecular Epidemiology and Mechanisms of High-Level Resistance to Meropenem and Imipenem in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Noha Anwar HassunaMarwa K DarwishMohamed SayedReham Ali IbrahimPublished in: Infection and drug resistance (2020)
High-level carbapenem resistance reported in this study was allied to multiple mechanisms including carbapenemase production and efflux-pump over-expression. Threatening cross-infection is possible inside the hospital and stringent infection control measures are crucial.