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- Title
Acquisition and Transmission of Carbapenemase-Producing (bla<sub>KPC-2</sub>) Enterobacter cloacae in a Highly Frequented Outpatient Clinic.
- Authors
Klein, Sabrina; Boutin, Sébastien; Späth, Isabel; Kimmich, Christoph; Brandt, Juliane; Müller-Tidow, Carsten; Heeg, Klaus; Nurjadi, Dennis
- Abstract
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 bla KPC-2-positive Enterobacter cloacae among patients treated in a highly frequented outpatient department.
- Subjects
CROSS infection prevention; HOST-bacteria relationships; SEQUENCE analysis; RESTROOMS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE diseases; MEDICAL screening; GENOMES; DRUG resistance in microorganisms; CARBAPENEMS; OUTPATIENT services in hospitals
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2021, Vol 72, Issue 5, pe158
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/ciaa1734