Mobile Carbapenemase Genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

EJ Yoon, SH Jeong - Frontiers in microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the major concerns in clinical
settings impelling a great challenge to antimicrobial therapy for patients with infections …

The current burden of carbapenemases: review of significant properties and dissemination among gram-negative bacteria

D Hammoudi Halat, C Ayoub Moubareck - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Carbapenemases are β-lactamases belonging to different Ambler classes (A, B, D) and can
be encoded by both chromosomal and plasmid-mediated genes. These enzymes represent …

Update on the epidemiology of carbapenemases in Latin America and the Caribbean

JC García-Betancur, TM Appel, G Esparza… - Expert review of anti …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Carbapenemases are β-lactamases able to hydrolyze a wide range of β-lactam
antibiotics, including carbapenems. Carbapenemase production in Enterobacterales …

Wastewater drains: epidemiology and interventions in 23 carbapenem-resistant organism outbreaks

PC Carling - Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 2018 - cambridge.org
For many years, patient-area wastewater drains (ie, sink and shower drains) have been
considered a potential source of bacterial pathogens that can be transmitted to patients …

The Prevalence of Metallo-Beta-Lactamese-(MβL)-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates in Brazil: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

PAS Dos Santos, MJA Silva, MIM Gouveia, LNGC Lima… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
The purpose of the current study is to describe the prevalence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(PA)-producing MβL among Brazilian isolates and the frequency of bla SPM-1 in MβL-PA …

Exploring the success of Brazilian endemic clone Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST277 and its association with the CRISPR-Cas system type IC

MC Silveira, CM Rocha-de-Souza, RM Albano… - BMC genomics, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background The Brazilian endemic clone Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST277 carries
important antibiotic resistance determinants, highlighting the gene coding for SPM-1 …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular Epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Brazil: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

YC Rodrigues, MJA Silva, HS Dos Reis… - Antibiotics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: Globally, Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a high-priority opportunistic pathogen
which displays several intrinsic and acquired antimicrobial resistance (AMR) mechanisms …

Role of the multi-drug efflux systems on the baseline susceptibility to ceftazidime/avibactam and ceftolozane/tazobactam in clinical isolates of non-carbapenemase …

MJ Contreras-Gómez, JRW Martinez, L Rivas… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) is one of the pathogens that
urgently needs new drugs and new alternatives for its control. The primary strategy to …

[HTML][HTML] Retrospective genome-oriented analysis reveals low transmission rate of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa from contaminated toilets at a bone …

A Rath, B Kieninger, J Hahn, M Edinger, E Holler… - Journal of Hospital …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Prevention of toilet-to-patient transmission of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas
aeruginosa (MDR PA) poses management-related challenges at many bone marrow …

Occurrence of blaKPC gene in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Brazil

JL da Costa Lima, RM Ximenes… - ABCS Health …, 2022 - portalnepas.org.br
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the main microorganisms causing healthcare-related
infections. The rise of carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa (CRPA) strains has become a …