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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| Dokumenttyp: | Article (Journal) |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2021
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Clinical infectious diseases
Year: 2021, Jahrgang: 72, Heft: 5, Pages: e158-e161 |
| ISSN: | 1537-6591 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/cid/ciaa1734 |
| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1734 |
| Verfasserangaben: | Sabrina Klein, Sébastien Boutin, Isabel Späth, Christoph Kimmich, Juliane Brandt, Carsten Müller-Tidow, Klaus Heeg, and Dennis Nurjadi |
| Zusammenfassung: | 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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| Beschreibung: | Published: 19 November 2020 Gesehen am 02.06.2021 Im Titel ist KPC-2 tiefgestellt |
| Beschreibung: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1537-6591 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/cid/ciaa1734 |