Emergence of NDM-1-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Nosocomial Isolates in Attica Region of Greece.

ABSTRACT: Here, we report on the emergence and spread of multidrug-resistant NDM-1-producing P. aeruginosa isolates from patients hospitalized in the Attica region, Greece, in 2022 to provide data on their resistome, their virulome, the genetic environment of bla_NDM-1, and their molecular epidemiology. A total of 17 carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa isolates identified as NDM-producers by immunochromatography at the hospital level were sent to the Central Public Health Laboratory, in the frame of the laboratory surveillance of carbapenem-resistant pathogens, for further characterization. The initial screening for genetic AMR determinants was carried out by PCR and the MDR Direct Flow Chip assay. Typing was performed by MLST and DLST, the latter in a subset of isolate

SUBMITTER: Pappa O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11434298 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature