Resolution of Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Outbreak in a Tertiary Cancer Center; the Role of Active Surveillance

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 Sep;38(9):1117-1119. doi: 10.1017/ice.2017.136. Epub 2017 Jul 11.

Authors

Clare Rock¹, Melanie S Curless², Maggie Cantara², Seema Mehta¹, Kristen A Marrone¹, Karen C Carroll³, Patricia Simner³, Lisa L Maragakis¹

Affiliations

¹ 1Division of Infectious Diseases,Department of Medicine,Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Baltimore,Maryland.
² 3Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control,The Johns Hopkins Hospital,Baltimore,Maryland.
³ 4Division of Medical Microbiology,Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Baltimore,Maryland.

PMID: 28693656
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2017.136

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Bacterial Proteins / genetics
Bacterial Proteins / metabolism*
Carbapenems / pharmacology
Cross Infection / epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Epidemiological Monitoring
Humans
Klebsiella Infections / epidemiology*
Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects
Klebsiella pneumoniae / enzymology
Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
Maryland
Tertiary Care Centers
beta-Lactamases / genetics
beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacterial Proteins
Carbapenems
beta-Lactamases
carbapenemase