Co-occurrence of VIM-positive non-aeruginosa Pseudomonas spp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the hospital: A detailed molecular comparison of blaVIM-2-containing plasmids from environmental and clinical isolates
Jannette Pirzadian, Willemien H. A. Zandijk, Astrid P. Heikema…·Juliëtte A. Severin
The paper identifies two closely-related blaVIM-2-containing plasmids in non-aeruginosa Pseudomonas spp. and P. aeruginosa during a hospital outbreak, highlighting their role in carbapenem resistance transmission.