Contamination of sink drains with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in intensive care units: a concern but don't worry so much!

J Hosp Infect. 2019 Dec;103(4):475-477. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2019.08.009. Epub 2019 Aug 13.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Bacteriological Techniques
  • Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae / classification
  • Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae / genetics
  • Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae / isolation & purification*
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Environmental Microbiology*
  • France
  • Hospitals, University
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units*
  • Klebsiella Infections / epidemiology
  • Klebsiella Infections / microbiology
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / classification
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization