Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

Rapid evolution and host immunity drive the rise and fall of carbapenem resistance during an acute Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection

  • Rachel Wheatley,
  • Julio Diaz Caballero,
  • Natalia Kapel,
  • Fien H. R. de Winter,
  • Pramod Jangir,
  • Angus Quinn,
  • Ester del Barrio-Tofiño,
  • Carla López-Causapé,
  • Jessica Hedge,
  • Gabriel Torrens,
  • Thomas Van der Schalk,
  • Basil Britto Xavier,
  • Felipe Fernández-Cuenca,
  • Angel Arenzana,
  • Claudia Recanatini,
  • Leen Timbermont,
  • Frangiscos Sifakis,
  • Alexey Ruzin,
  • Omar Ali,
  • Christine Lammens,
  • Herman Goossens,
  • Jan Kluytmans,
  • Samir Kumar-Singh,
  • Antonio Oliver,
  • Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar,
  • Craig MacLean

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22814-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Here, following a patient with severe acute Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection, the authors combine comprehensive isolate characterization from lung and gut samples (>100 isolates) and patient clinical data to provide insights into bacterial responses to antibiotic therapy.