Author(s): Moreira da Silva, Joana ; Menezes, Juliana ; Mendes, Gabriel ; Santos Costa, Sofia ; Caneiras, Catia ; Poirel, Laurent ; Amaral, Andreia J. ; Pomba, Constança
Date: 2022
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/54406
Origin: Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
Subject(s): Carbapenemases; Companion animals; Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae
Resistance to carbapenems in Enterobacterales poses a threat to health care systems worldwide since those infections are associated with high mortality and limited treatment options. The latest European reports show that some southern European countries are almost endemic for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPEs). Mirroring the European tendency, Portugal has been observing a steady increase in the occurrence of carbapenemresistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, particularly KPC-3-producing K. pneumoniae ST147 lineage (Clonal Group 147) strains in health care settings.
