OXA-48 Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales in Spanish Hospitals: An Updated Comprehensive Review on a Rising Antimicrobial Resistance

• Main Authors: Mario Rivera-Izquierdo (Author), Antonio Jesús Láinez- (Author), Carlos Rivera-Izquierdo (Author), Jairo López-Gómez (Author), Nicolás Francisco Fernández-Martínez (Author), Pablo Redruello-Guerrero (Author), Luis Miguel Martín-delosReyes (Author), Virginia Martínez-Ruiz (Author), Elena Moreno-Roldán (Author), Eladio Jiménez-Mejías (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) are significant contributors to the global public health threat of antimicrobial resistance. OXA-48-like enzymes and their variants are unique carbapenemases with low or null hydrolytic activity toward carbapenems but no intrinsic activity against expan...