在2015-2017年和2022-2024年,荷兰对抗卡巴因的Acinetobacter baumannii进行基因组比较监测

Max P Allewijn1, Sandra Witteveen1, Karuna E W Vendrik1

  • 1Centre for Infectious Disease Control (CIb), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands.

Microbiology spectrum
|February 26, 2026
PubMed
概括

2015-2024年期间,荷兰的抗卡巴胺抗性菌 (CRAb) 保持了基因稳定,但国际引入,特别是来自乌克兰的引入,增加了基因聚类和改变了抗性基因的流行率. 持续的监控至关重要.

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