High counts of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in hospital sewage

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 May;36(5):619-21. doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.44. Epub 2015 Mar 3.

Authors

Tse Hsien Koh¹, Karrie Ko¹, Roland Jureen², Rama Narayana Deepak³, Nancy Wen Sim Tee⁴, Thean Yen Tan⁵, Matthew Rong Jie Tay⁶, Vernon Jian Ming Lee⁶, Timothy Mark Sebastian Barkham⁷

Affiliations

¹ 1Department of Pathology,Singapore General Hospital,Singapore.
² 2Department of Laboratory Medicine,National University Hospital,Singapore.
³ 3Department of Laboratory Medicine,Khoo Teck Puat Hospital,Singapore.
⁴ 4Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,KK Women's and Children's Hospital,Singapore.
⁵ 5Department of Laboratory Medicine,Changi General Hospital,Singapore.
⁶ 6Biodefence Centre,Headquarters Medical Corps,Singapore.
⁷ 8Department of Laboratory Medicine,Tan Tock Seng Hospital,Singapore.

PMID: 25732673
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.44

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Bacterial Proteins / metabolism*
Enterobacteriaceae / drug effects
Enterobacteriaceae / enzymology*
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / drug therapy
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / epidemiology
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology
Hospitals / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sewage / microbiology*
Singapore / epidemiology
beta-Lactam Resistance
beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
Sewage
beta-Lactamases
carbapenemase