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- Title
Emergence and rapid regional spread of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae.
- Authors
Won, Sarah Y; Munoz-Price, L Silvia; Lolans, Karen; Hota, Bala; Weinstein, Robert A; Hayden, Mary K; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epicenter Program
- Abstract
Exposure network analysis and molecular epidemiologic methods were used to analyze the emergence and regional spread of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae over a 1-year period. Although 40 patients and 26 health care facilities were affected, 1 long-term acute care hospital played a critical role in the convergence of patients at high risk, amplification by cross-infection, and dissemination of these multidrug-resistant bacteria.
- Publication
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2011, Vol 53, Issue 6, p532
- ISSN
1537-6591
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/cir482