Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (Jan 2022)

Emergence of dual and multicarbapenemase coproducing organisms in the United States

  • Bekana K. Tadese,
  • Tolulope Olumuyiwa,
  • Charles Darkoh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2022.6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2

Abstract

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Carbapenemase-producing organisms commonly carry a single carbapenemase gene conferring resistant to carbapenems and other β-lactam antibiotics. Here, we report rare cases of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Acinetobacter baumannii strains that coproduce multiple carbapenemases and exhibit extensive drug resistance. Such resistant strains are rarely identified in the United States.