Emergence of dual and multicarbapenemase coproducing organisms in the United States

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2022;2(1):e19. doi: 10.1017/ash.2022.6. Epub 2022 Feb 3.

Abstract

Carbapenemase-producing organisms commonly carry a single carbapenemase gene conferring resistant to carbapenems and other β-lactam antibiotics. Here, we report rare cases of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Acinetobacter baumannii strains that coproduce multiple carbapenemases and exhibit extensive drug resistance. Such resistant strains are rarely identified in the United States.