Carbapenem Resistance in Gram-Negative Bacteria: A Hospital-Based Study in Egypt
Background and Objectives: The global spread of carbapenem resistance and the resulting increase in mortality forced the World Health Organization (WHO) to claim carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) as global priority pathogens.Our study aimed to determine the prevalence of carbapenemase-encoding genes and major plasmid incompatibility gro