Intensive Care Unit Sluice Room Sinks as Reservoirs and Sources of Potential Transmission of Carbapenem-Resistant Bacteria in a South African Tertiary Care Hospital

PURPOSE: Carbapenem-resistant bacteria (CRB) pose a major health risk to patients in intensive care units (ICU) across African hospitals. There are hardly any data about the role of hospital sinks as reservoirs of CRB in resource-poor African settings. Furthermore, the specific within-sink location...

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Autores principales: Dheda, Khelan R, Centner, Chad M, Wilson, Lindsay, Pooran, Anil, Grimwood, Shireen, Ghebrekristos, Yonas T, Oelofse, Suzette, Joubert, Ivan A, Esmail, Aliasgar, Tomasicchio, Michele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2023
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10455775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37638062
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S418620

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10455775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37638062
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S418620

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