Carbapenemase-Producing Gram-Negative Bacteria in Andalusia, Spain, 2014–2018
Inmaculada López-Hernández
, Mercedes Delgado-Valverde, Felipe Fernández-Cuenca, Lorena López-Cerero, Jesús Machuca, and Álvaro Pascual
Author affiliations: Laboratorio PIRASOA, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain (I. Lopez-Hernandez, M. Delgado-Valverde, F. Fernández-Cuenca, L. López-Cerero, J. Machuca, Á. Pascual); Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla IBIS, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville (I. López-Hernández, M. Delgado-Valverde, F. Fernández-Cuenca, L. López-Cerero, J. Machuca, Á. Pascual); Red Española de Investigación en Patología Infecciosa (REIPI RD16/0016), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain (I. López-Hernández, M. Delgado-Valverde, F. Fernández-Cuenca, L. López-Cerero, J. Machuca, Á. Pascual); Universidad de Sevilla, Seville (Á. Pascual).
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Figure 1. Distribution of carbapenemase types recovered in Andalusia, 2014–2018. IMP, imipenemase; KPC, Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase; MBL, metallo-β-lactamases; NDM, New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase; OXA, oxacillinases; VIM, Verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase.
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