ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Mutational basis of Meropenem resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

Ostrovityanova, 1, Moscow, 117997, Russia: Correspondence should be addressed: Igor V. Chebotar
ur.xednay@nnrazin

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Funding: the study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project No. 20-15-00235).

Acknowledgements: the authors thank the Center of Precision Genome Editing and Genetic Technologies for Biomedicine of the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University for their advice on the research methods.

Author contribution: Chebotar IV — concept, manuscript writing; Bocharova YuA — methods, formal analysis; Chaplin AV — formal analysis of sequencing data; Savinova TA — formal analysis of sequencing data; Vasiliadis YuA — methods, sequencing; Mayansky NA — concept, manuscript editing.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was performed in full compliance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and the standards for handling opportunistic pathogens.

Received: 2022-11-25 Accepted: 2022-12-11 Published online: 2022-12-28
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