Carbapenem resistant IMP 1 producing Pseudocitrobacter vendiensis emerging in a hemodialysis unit

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This scientific article investigates nine cases of bloodstream infections caused by a carbapenem-resistant gram negative bacterial clone in Brazilian hemodialysis patients. Identified through advanced genomic techniques rather than conventional diagnostics this pathogen produces the dangerous metallobetalactamase enzyme known as IMP 1.