<i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> High-Risk Sequence Type 463 Co-Producing KPC-2 and AFM-1 Carbapenemases, China, 2020–2022
Piaopiao Zhang, Wenhao Wu, Nanfei Wang, Haiting Feng, Jie Wang, Fang Wang, Yan Zhang, Hongchao Chen, Qing Yang, Yan Jiang, Tingting Qu
Abstract
We report the clonal spread and evolution of high-risk Pseudomonas aeruginosa sequence type 463 co-producing KPC-2 and AFM-1 carbapenemases isolated from hospital patients in China during 2020-2022. Those strains pose a substantial public health threat and surveillance and stricter infection-control measures are essential to prevent further infections.
Topics & Concepts
Pseudomonas aeruginosaSequence (biology)BiologyMedicineMicrobiologyGeneticsBacteriaAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaVibrio bacteria research studies