Probable Three-Species In Vivo Transfer of <i>bla</i>_NDM-1 in a Single Patient in Greece: Occurrence of NDM-1-Producing <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i>, <i>Proteus mirabilis</i>, and <i>Morganella morganii</i>

• Main Authors: Georgios Meletis (Author), Andigoni Malousi (Author), Areti Tychala (Author), Angeliki Kassomenaki (Author), Nikoletta Vlachodimou (Author), Paraskevi Mantzana (Author), Simeon Metallidis (Author), Lemonia Skoura (Author), Efthymia Protonotariou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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NDM carbapenemase-encoding genes disseminate commonly among Enterobacterales through transferable plasmids carrying additional resistance determinants. Apart from the intra-species dissemination, the inter-species exchange of plasmids seems to play an additional important role in the spread of <i...