Molecular characterization of a suspected IMP-type carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak reveals two simultaneous outbreaks in a tertiary-care hospital.
Ana Gual de TorellaCarla López-CausapeIzaskun Alejo-CanchoEstrella Rojo-MolineroGonzalo Sanchez-GarcíaSara Cortés-LaraMaría B Rodríguez MoralPilar Berdonces-GonzalezMaría J Lopez de GoikoetxeaAntonio OliverPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2023)
Molecular and genomic epidemiology revealed that there had been 2 independent IMP-PA outbreaks, one of long duration in the respiratory ward and the other more limited in the ICU.
Keyphrases
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- acinetobacter baumannii
- cystic fibrosis
- infectious diseases
- intensive care unit
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- pulmonary embolism
- biofilm formation
- copy number
- mechanical ventilation
- gram negative
- risk factors
- drug resistant
- single cell
- gene expression
- single molecule
- staphylococcus aureus
- dna methylation