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1228. Risk Factors for Contamination with Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriales (CPE) in Exposed Hospital Drains in Ontario, Canada

BACKGROUND: Hospital drains may be a source of CPE in patients. We determined prevalence of and risk factors for CPE contamination of hospital drains exposed to patients with CPE colonization/infection. METHODS: We cultured hand hygiene and patient use sink as well as tub/shower drains exposed to 31...

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Autores principales: Jamal, Alainna, Brown, Kevin A, Katz, Kevin, Johnstone, Jennie, Muller, Matthew P, Allen, Vanessa, Borgia, Sergio, Boyd, David A, Ciccotelli, William, Delibasic, Kornelija, Fisman, David, Leis, Jerome, Li, Angel, Mataseje, Laura, Mehta, Mamta, Mulvey, Michael, Ng, Wil, Pantelidis, Rajni, Paterson, Aimee, McGeer, Allison
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809313/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1091