Carbapenemase-producing strains of bacteria, which were primarily found in the medical
field, have increasingly been found in the environment, thus posing potential risks to public …

Carbapenems are β-lactam antibiotics with a broad spectrum of activity and are usually
considered the last resort for the treatment of severe infections caused by multidrug-resistant …

Antimicrobial resistance profiling of pathogens helps to identify the emergence of rare or
new resistance threats and prioritize possible actions to be taken against them. The analysis …

This study aims to investigate the prevalence of clinically relevant carbapenemases genes
(bla KPC, bla NDM and bla OXA-48) in water samples collected over one-year period from …

Wastewater is considered a major source of antibiotic-resistant bacteria released into the
environment. Here, we characterized carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) …

In this study, we have developed real-time PCR assays using SYBR Green chemistry to
detect all known alleles of bla KPC, bla NDM, and bla OXA-48-like carbapenemase genes in …

This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and genetic characteristics of carbapenemase-
producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in hospital sewage and river water in the Philippines …

The increasing resistance to carbapenems is an alarming threat in the fight against
multiresistant bacteria. The dissemination properties of antimicrobial resistance genes are …

Background: The increasing emergence of carbapenem resistance in gram-negative
bacteria associated with carbapenemase prompted the initiation of this study. Methods: A …

Carbapenemase-producing bacteria (CPB) such as Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia
coli are causing hospital outbreaks worldwide. An important transfer route into the aquatic …