Emergence and Expansion of a Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clone Are Associated with Plasmid-Borne
<i>bla</i>
<sub>KPC-2</sub>
and Virulence-Related Genes
Yanyan Hu,
Congcong Liu,
Qi Wang,
Yu Zeng,
Qiaoling Sun,
Linbin Shu,
Jiayue Lu,
Jiacang Cai,
Shaolin Wang,
Rong Zhang,
Zuowei Wu
Affiliations
Yanyan Hu
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
Congcong Liu
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
Qi Wang
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
Yu Zeng
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
Qiaoling Sun
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
Linbin Shu
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
Jiayue Lu
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
Jiacang Cai
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
Health care-associated infections, also known as nosocomial infections, are the most frequent adverse events in health care delivery worldwide, causing high rates of morbidity and mortality and high health care costs. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
