A Study in a Regional Hospital of a Mid-Sized Spanish City Indicates a Major Increase in Infection/Colonization by Carbapenem-Resistant Bacteria, Coinciding with the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Main Authors: Estefanía Cano-Martín (Author), Inés Portillo-Calderón (Author), Patricia Pérez-Palacios (Author), José María Navarro-Marí (Author), María Amelia Fernández-Sierra (Author), José Gutiérrez-Fernández (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Bacterial resistance to antibiotics has proven difficult to control over the past few decades. The large group of multidrug-resistant bacteria includes carbapenemase-producing bacteria (CPB), for which limited therapeutic options and infection control measures are available. Furthermore, carbapenema...