First worldwide detection of blaIMP-15 in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolated from a patient in Lebanon.
Ziad C. Jabbour, Jose-Rita Gerges, Hadi M. Hussein, Sara Barada, Lama Hamadeh, Rami A. Mahfouz, Zeina A. Kanafani, Ghassan M. Matar, Antoine G. Abou Fayad
The paper reports the first detection of the blaIMP-15 gene in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia from a Lebanese patient, showing extensive drug resistance and potential transmissibility.
bioRxiv · Feb 28, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology