Cargando…
Environmental colonization and onward clonal transmission of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) in a medical intensive care unit: the case for environmental hygiene
BACKGROUND: In May 2015, we noticed an increase in carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) infections in the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU). To investigate this, we studied the extent of environmental contamination and subsequent onward clonal transmission of CRAB. METHODS: We conduc...
Autores principales: | Ng, Deborah H. L., Marimuthu, Kalisvar, Lee, Jia Jun, Khong, Wei Xin, Ng, Oon Tek, Zhang, Wei, Poh, Bee Fong, Rao, Pooja, Raj, Maya Devi Rajinder, Ang, Brenda, De, Partha Pratim |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
BioMed Central
2018
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5891964/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29644052 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-018-0343-z |
Ejemplares similares
-
636. Genome Epidemiology of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAb) in the United States
por: Iovleva, Alina, et al.
Publicado: (2019) -
Is It Possible to Eradicate Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) from Endemic Hospitals?
por: Medioli, Filippo, et al.
Publicado: (2022) -
Dissemination of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bla(NDM-1)-Positive ST308 Clone in Singapore
por: Prakki, Sai Rama Sridatta, et al.
Publicado: (2023) -
337 Nosocomial Transmission of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAb) among ICU Patients Detected by CRAb-LAMP
por: Yamamoto, Norihisa, et al.
Publicado: (2014) -
Predictors and Outcomes of Healthcare-Associated Infections Caused by Carbapenem-Nonsusceptible Enterobacterales: A Parallel Matched Case-Control Study
por: Hoo, Grace S. R., et al.
Publicado: (2022)