title: Emergence of carbapenemases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a worldwide problem.
abstract: The emergence of carbapenemases-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates, resistant to all antibiotics except colistin, is an important health problem due to the lack of effective antibiotic treatments. This article assesses the findings of a recently published investigation performed in Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia, where a longitudinal epidemiological and clinical study of extensively drug-resistant P. aeruginosa was performed. This study highlights the progressive increase of VIM-2-positive ST235 P. aeruginosa via clonal dissemination. Strategies to prevent this emergency problem and a global surveillance system are needed in order to minimize this worldwide problem.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology, Department of Biology, University of the Balearic Islands, Ctra. Valldemossa, km. 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gomila
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents