Elizabethkingia anophelis and Association with Tap Water and Handwashing, Singapore

We report an Elizabethkingia anophelis case cluster associated with contaminated aerators and tap water in a children’s intensive care unit in Singapore in 2017. We demonstrate a likely transmission route for E. anophelis to patients through acquisition of the bacteria on hands of healthcare workers...

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Autores principales: Yung, Chee-Fu, Maiwald, Matthias, Loo, Liat H., Soong, Han Y., Tan, Chin B., Lim, Phaik K., Li, Ling, Tan, Natalie WH, Chong, Chia-Yin, Tee, Nancy, Thoon, Koh C., Chan, Yoke H.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6106401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30124415
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2409.171843
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author Yung, Chee-Fu
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Soong, Han Y.
Tan, Chin B.
Lim, Phaik K.
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Thoon, Koh C.
Chan, Yoke H.
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description We report an Elizabethkingia anophelis case cluster associated with contaminated aerators and tap water in a children’s intensive care unit in Singapore in 2017. We demonstrate a likely transmission route for E. anophelis to patients through acquisition of the bacteria on hands of healthcare workers via handwashing.
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spelling pubmed-61064012018-09-01 Elizabethkingia anophelis and Association with Tap Water and Handwashing, Singapore Yung, Chee-Fu Maiwald, Matthias Loo, Liat H. Soong, Han Y. Tan, Chin B. Lim, Phaik K. Li, Ling Tan, Natalie WH Chong, Chia-Yin Tee, Nancy Thoon, Koh C. Chan, Yoke H. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report an Elizabethkingia anophelis case cluster associated with contaminated aerators and tap water in a children’s intensive care unit in Singapore in 2017. We demonstrate a likely transmission route for E. anophelis to patients through acquisition of the bacteria on hands of healthcare workers via handwashing. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6106401/ /pubmed/30124415 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2409.171843 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Maiwald, Matthias
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Li, Ling
Tan, Natalie WH
Chong, Chia-Yin
Tee, Nancy
Thoon, Koh C.
Chan, Yoke H.
Elizabethkingia anophelis and Association with Tap Water and Handwashing, Singapore
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