Carbapenem-resistant Gram negatives isolated from patients in Moldova

Information on the molecular epidemiology of carbapenem resistance mechanisms in Gram-negative bacterial isolates in Moldova is scarce. To close this gap of information, carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria were collected over an 11-month period in 2023 in a routine diagnostic laboratory in Moldova. The isolates were subjected to both phenotypic and genotypic resistance assessment as well as to analysis of phylogenetic relationship and multi-locus sequence typing