Carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae recovered from a Spanish river ecosystem.

The increasing resistance to carbapenems is an alarming threat in the fight against multiresistant bacteria. The dissemination properties of antimicrobial resistance genes are supported by their detection in a diverse population of bacteria, including strains isolated from the environment. The objec...

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Main Authors: Núria Piedra-Carrasco, Anna Fàbrega, William Calero-Cáceres, Thais Cornejo-Sánchez, Maryury Brown-Jaque, Alba Mir-Cros, Maite Muniesa, Juan José González-López
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5381907?pdf=render