Epidemiological insights into carbapenem resistant infections in critical care settings: A molecular and clinical investigation

Vintila, Camelia; Coseriu, Razvan Lucian; Ujlaki Nagi, Alexandru Andrei; Man, Adrian

Epidemiological insights into carbapenem resistant infections in critical care settings: A molecular and clinical investigation

The Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volume 11 (2025): Issue 4 (October 2025)

By: Camelia Vintila, Razvan Lucian Coseriu, Alexandru Andrei Ujlaki Nagi and Adrian Man

Open Access

|Oct 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2025-0048 | Journal eISSN: 2393-1817 | Journal ISSN: 2393-1809

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Language: English

Page range: 347 - 356

Submitted on: Jul 7, 2025

Accepted on: Oct 21, 2025

Published on: Oct 31, 2025

Published by: University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Keywords:

AMR,

ICU,

Related subjects:

Internal medicine, other,

Surgery,

Surgery, other,

Anaesthesiology,

Emergency medicine and intensive-care medicine

© 2025 Camelia Vintila, Razvan Lucian Coseriu, Alexandru Andrei Ujlaki Nagi, Adrian Man, published by University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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