TY - JOUR AU - Schäfer, Elena AU - Malecki, Monika AU - Tellez-Castillo, Carlos J. AU - Pfennigwerth, Niels AU - Marlinghaus, Lennart AU - Higgins, Paul G. AU - Mattner, Frauke AU - Wendel, Andreas F. PY - 2019 DA - 2019/12/30 TI - Molecular surveillance of carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa at three medical centres in Cologne, Germany JO - Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control SP - 208 VL - 8 IS - 1 AB - Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common pathogen causing hospital-acquired infections. Carbapenem resistance in P. aeruginosa is either mediated via a combination of efflux pumps, AmpC overexpression, and porin loss, or through an acquired carbapenemase. Carbapenemase-producing P. aeruginosa (CPPA) strains are known to cause outbreaks and harbour a reservoir of mobile antibiotic resistance genes, however, few molecular surveillance data is available. The aim of this study was to analyse the prevalence and epidemiology of CPPA in three German medical centres from 2015 to 2017. SN - 2047-2994 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-019-0665-5 DO - 10.1186/s13756-019-0665-5 ID - Schäfer2019 ER -