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2022 - Enterobacterales with acquired carbapenemases

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Summary

Hospital and community laboratories are requested to refer all isolates of possible carbapenemase-producing organisms to ESR for confirmation and further characterisation. This report summarises the characteristics of carbapenemase -producing Enterobacterales received by ESR in 2022.

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