The emergence and spread of carbapenemase-producing gram-negative bacteria is a major public health concern. We used data collected from microbiology laboratories as part of the PIRASOA program during 2014-2018 to study the epidemiology of carbapenemase-producing bacteria in Andalusia, Spain. Our findings highlight the importance of ongoing surveillance and epidemiologic studies for these bacteria.
Keywords: AMR; Acinetobacter baumannii; Citrobacter freundii; Enterobacter cloacae; Escherichia coli; Klebsiella oxytoca; Klebsiella pneumoniae; PIRASOA; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Spain; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; carbapenemases; cloxacillin; dipicolinic acid; gram-negative bacteria; molecular epidemiology; phenyl boronic acid.