Endogenous origin of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infecting hospitalized patients in Ecuador.

Recent evidence suggests that Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterium that has the ability to cause deadly infections in hospitalized patients, could originate in the patient’s own f lora. We employed the Oxford Nanopore platform to obtain whole genome sequences (WGS) from clinical and rectal screen P....

• Main Author: Vasco Aguas, Gabriela Piedad (author)
• Other Authors: Achig, Mishell (author), Prado Vivar, Belén (author), Páez, Maritza (author), Espinosa, Franklin (author), Espinoza, Evelyn (author), Quinancela, Danny (author), Cardenas, Paul (author), Trueba, Gabriel (author)
• Format: article
• Language: eng
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Nosocomial; Colonization; Acute infection; Whole genome sequencing
• Online Access: https://www.dspace.uce.edu.ec/handle/25000/34975