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Barbara Ymaña1, Nestor Luque2, Maria J Pons1
1Grupo de Investigación en Dinámicas y Epidemiología de la Resistencia a Antimicrobianos - "One Health", Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru.
New Microbes and New Infections
|December 5, 2022
Abstract:
Two clonal extensively-resistant S. marcescens were isolated in Peru. The presence and transferability of extended-spectrum β-lactamases and IMP, KPC, NDM, OXA-48 and VIM were determined. The concomitant presence of KPC-2 and NDM-1 was confirmed in both isolates, with KPC-2 being able to be transferred.
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