Fecal Carriage and Molecular Characterization of Carbapenemase-Producing <i>Enterobacterales</i> in the Pediatric Population in Qatar

Abstract

To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study addressing the molecular characteristics of CPE in a pediatric population in Qatar using whole-genome sequencing. Since several countries in the Arabian Peninsula share relatively similar demographic patterns and international links, it is plausible that the molecular characteristics of CPE in children, at least in the middle and eastern parts of the region, are similar to those observed in our study.