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Acquisition and transmission of carbapenemase-producing (blaKPC-2) enterobacter cloacae in a highly frequented outpatient clinic

The role of outpatient clinics as a potential transmission ground for multidrug-resistant organisms has not been adequately investigated. Here, we report a transmission cluster of blaKPC-2-positive Enterobacter cloacae among patients treated in a highly frequented outpatient department.

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Main Authors: Klein, Sabrina (Author) , Boutin, Sébastien (Author) , Späth, Isabel (Author) , Kimmich, Christoph (Author) , Brandt, Juliane (Author) , Müller-Tidow, Carsten (Author) , Heeg, Klaus (Author) , Nurjadi, Dennis (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Clinical infectious diseases
Year: 2021, Volume: 72, Issue: 5, Pages: e158-e161
ISSN:1537-6591
DOI:10.1093/cid/ciaa1734
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1734
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Author Notes:Sabrina Klein, Sébastien Boutin, Isabel Späth, Christoph Kimmich, Juliane Brandt, Carsten Müller-Tidow, Klaus Heeg, and Dennis Nurjadi
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Summary:The role of outpatient clinics as a potential transmission ground for multidrug-resistant organisms has not been adequately investigated. Here, we report a transmission cluster of blaKPC-2-positive Enterobacter cloacae among patients treated in a highly frequented outpatient department.
Item Description:Published: 19 November 2020
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ISSN:1537-6591
DOI:10.1093/cid/ciaa1734

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