The role of hospital environment in transmissions of multidrug-resistant gram-negative organisms

Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2020 Feb 11;9(1):29. doi: 10.1186/s13756-020-0685-1.

Abstract

Infections by multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative organisms (GN) are associated with a high mortality rate and present an increasing challenge to the healthcare system worldwide. In recent years, increasing evidence supports the association between the healthcare environment and transmission of MDRGN to patients and healthcare workers. To better understand the role of the environment in transmission and acquisition of MDRGN, we conducted a utilitarian review based on literature published from 2014 until 2019.

Keywords: CRAB; CRE; Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii; Environment; Multidrug-resistant gram-negative organisms; Transmission.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter baumannii / drug effects
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae / drug effects
  • Cross Infection* / drug therapy
  • Cross Infection* / etiology
  • Cross Infection* / transmission
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / drug effects*
  • Enterococcus / drug effects
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents