Metallo- -lactamase-producing Pseudomonas putida as a reservoir of multidrug resistance elements that can be transferred to successful Pseudomonas aeruginosa clones

Abstract

The high diversity and proportion of MBL-positive P. putida suggests an environmental reservoir of these resistance determinants. Dissemination of these multidrug resistance elements to successful P. aeruginosa clones presents a major epidemiological and clinical threat.