Emergence of ST654 Pseudomonas aeruginosa co-harbouring blaNDM-1 and blaGES-5 in novel class I integron In1884 from Bulgaria

• Tomislav Kostyanev,
• M.N. Nguyen,
• R. Markovska,
• P. Stankova,
• B.B. Xavier,
• C. Lammens,
• Y. Marteva-Proevska,
• T. Velinov,
• R. Cantón,
• H. Goossens,
• S. Malhotra-Kumar

Affiliations

Tomislav Kostyanev

Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; Corresponding author at: Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, S.626, 2610 Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium.

M.N. Nguyen

Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

R. Markovska

Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria

P. Stankova

Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria

B.B. Xavier

Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

C. Lammens

Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Y. Marteva-Proevska

Central Laboratory of Microbiology, Alexandrovska University Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria

T. Velinov

Central Laboratory of Microbiology, Alexandrovska University Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria

R. Cantón

Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal and Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain; Red Española de Investigación en Patología Infecciosa (REIPI), Madrid, Spain

H. Goossens

Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

S. Malhotra-Kumar

Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium