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The emergence of high-risk clones that combine multidrug resistance and virulence-associated traits represents a growing public health concern.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    In this study, 100 clinical\n                    <jats:italic>P. aeruginosa<\/jats:italic>\n                    isolates recovered from VAP patients were screened using culture-based identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Two isolates exhibiting the most extensive resistance profiles, consistent with pandrug-resistant (PDR) phenotypes, and associated with fatal clinical outcomes were selected for whole-genome sequencing using Oxford Nanopore technology.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Comprehensive genomic analyses were performed to characterize antimicrobial resistance determinants, chromosomal resistance mutations, virulence-associated genes, mobile genetic elements, genomic islands, and phylogenomic relationships. Both isolates were assigned to sequence type ST308 and serogroup O11, a globally disseminated high-risk lineage. Core-genome phylogenomic analysis of 52 genomes identified 144,617 informative SNPs across 5,085 shared core genes and showed that the two Egyptian isolates differed by only 74 core-genome SNPs while clustering within the international ST308 lineage.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    The isolates harbored an extensive resistome including\n                    <jats:italic>blaNDM-1<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>blaOXA-10<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>blaOXA-488<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>qnrVC1<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>rmtF<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>sul1<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>sul2<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>floR<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>msrE<\/jats:italic>\n                    . High-confidence chromosomal resistance mutations were detected in\n                    <jats:italic>gyrA<\/jats:italic>\n                    (T83I),\n                    <jats:italic>parC<\/jats:italic>\n                    (S87L),\n                    <jats:italic>oprD<\/jats:italic>\n                    (Q402HfsTer99),\n                    <jats:italic>nalC<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>nalD<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>pmrB<\/jats:italic>\n                    , supporting resistance to fluoroquinolones, carbapenems, and polymyxins. Two complete class 1 integrons and one In0 structure, all carrying the class 1 integrase IntI1, were identified, comprising integron-associated multidrug resistance modules containing\n                    <jats:italic>qnrVC1<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>aadA11<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>aac(6\u2019)-II<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>dfrB5<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>sul1<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>qacE\u03941<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>rmtF<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>blaOXA-10<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>blaPAC-1<\/jats:italic>\n                    . In contrast,\n                    <jats:italic>blaNDM-1<\/jats:italic>\n                    was located within a distinct ISVsa3-associated resistance island together with\n                    <jats:italic>ble<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>msrE<\/jats:italic>\n                    . Genomic island analysis further demonstrated the co-localization of key resistance determinants and the\n                    <jats:italic>exoU<\/jats:italic>\n                    virulence factor within predicted genomic islands.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    Both isolates carried a highly conserved virulome, including\n                    <jats:italic>exoU<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>exoT<\/jats:italic>\n                    , type VI secretion system components, iron-acquisition systems, and biofilm-associated genes. Collectively, these findings indicate the convergence of resistance islands, integron-associated multidrug resistance modules, chromosomal resistance mechanisms, and virulence-associated determinants within a globally disseminated ST308\/O11 high-risk clone associated with fatal VAP cases in Egypt.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    To our knowledge, this study provides the first comprehensive genomic characterization of ST308\/O11\n                    <jats:italic>P. aeruginosa<\/jats:italic>\n                    exhibiting a pandrug-resistant phenotype based on the antimicrobial panel tested and associated with fatal ventilator-associated pneumonia in Egypt. Furthermore, by integrating cohort-level screening of 100 clinical isolates with comparative whole-genome analysis, this work provides additional insight into the genomic diversity of globally disseminated high-risk lineages through the accumulation of resistance and virulence determinants.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12866-026-05465-y","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,7]],"date-time":"2026-08-07T22:55:30Z","timestamp":1786143330000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Comparative genomics of fatal ST308\/O11 Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Egypt characterizes conserved resistance architecture, integron-associated multidrug resistance modules, and blaNDM-1 resistance islands"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"26","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-5101-622X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ahmed A.","family":"Sanad","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ghada A.","family":"El-Sherbeny","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Adel A.","family":"El-Morsi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ahmed F.","family":"Gad","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hossam I.","family":"Gebeer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohamed G.","family":"Seadawy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,8]]},"reference":[{"issue":"5","key":"5465_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"888","DOI":"10.1007\/s00134-020-05980-0","volume":"46","author":"L Papazian","year":"2020","unstructured":"Papazian L, Klompas M, Luyt CE. 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