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2466. What’s Lurking in the Drain? Serial transmission of NDM-1Klebsiella pneumoniae to patients admitted 9 months apart to the same ICU room
BACKGROUND: We evaluated the role of an in-room sink in NDM-1 K. pneumoniae (NDMKP) transmission. METHODS: In October 2017, Infection Prevention (IP) initiated weekly point prevalence rectal screening cultures in 4 ICUs. In 3/2018, IP launched an epidemiologic and environmental investigation followi...
Autores principales: | Smith, Becky A, Mathers, Amy, Kotay, Shireen, Parikh, Hardik, Barry, Katie E, Seidelman, Jessica, Addison, Rachel, Huslage, Kirk, Hnat, Amy, Sova, Christopher, Lewis, Sarah S |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809693/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.2144 |
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