Outbreak of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase–producing Klebsiella oxytoca Infections Associated with Contaminated Handwashing Sinks

Klebsiella oxytoca is primarily a health care–associated pathogen acquired from environmental sources. During October 2006–March 2011, a total of 66 patients in a hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, acquired class A extended-spectrum β-lactamase–producing K. oxytoca with 1 of 2 related pulsed-fiel...

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Autores principales: Lowe, Christopher, Willey, Barbara, O’Shaughnessy, Anna, Lee, Wayne, Lum, Ming, Pike, Karen, Larocque, Cindy, Dedier, Helen, Dales, Lorraine, Moore, Christine, McGeer, Allison
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3414015/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22841005
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1808.111268

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3414015/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22841005
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1808.111268

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