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837. Contamination of Hospital Drains by Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales (CPE) in Ontario, Canada

BACKGROUND: The hospital water environment is a CPE reservoir, and transmission of CPE from drains to patients is a risk. METHODS: We cultured sink and shower drains in patient rooms and communal shower rooms that were exposed to inpatients with CPE colonization/infection from October 2007 to Decemb...

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Autores principales: Jamal, Alainna J, Mataseje, Laura, Brown, Kevin, Katz, Kevin, Johnstone, Jennie, Muller, Matthew, Allen, Vanessa, Borgia, Sergio, Boyd, David, Ciccotelli, William, Delibasic, Kornelija, Fisman, David, Leis, Jerome A, Li, Angel, Mehta, Mamta, Ng, Wil, Pantelidis, Rajni, Paterson, Aimee, Pikula, Gordana, Sawicki, Rachel, Schmidt, Shelley, Souto, Renata, Tang, Lin, Thomas, Cameron, McGeer, Allison, Mulvey, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776883/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.1026