Whole-genome sequencing of multidrug resistant Citrobacter spp.
Slovenia is in the middle of Europe with increasing numbers of carbapenemase-producing and/or carbapenem-resistant enterobacteria (CRE and/or CPE), that pose a significant public health challenge. In clinical samples collected between the years 2017 and 2022 Klebsiella pneumoniae was the most frequent CRE-CPE/CPE isolate, with Citrobacter spp. on the second place. In the same timespan genus Citrobacter was isolated from 12.002 patients (with 438 from blood cultures), almost 0.5% were identified as CRE-CPE/CPE (two patients had CRE-CPE/CPE Citrobacter spp. isolated from the blood culture).
Slovenia is in the middle of Europe with increasing numbers of carbapenemase-producing and/or carbapenem-resistant enterobacteria (CRE and/or CPE), that pose a significant public health challenge. In clinical samples collected between the years 2017 and 2022 Klebsiella pneumoniae was the most frequent CRE-CPE/CPE isolate, with Citrobacter spp. on the second place. In the same timespan genus Citrobacter was isolated from 12.002 patients (with 438 from blood cultures), almost 0.5% were identified as CRE-CPE/CPE (two patients had CRE-CPE/CPE Citrobacter spp. isolated from the blood culture).
Insititute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana