Acquisition and Transmission of Carbapenemase-Producing (blaKPC-2) Enterobacter cloacae in a Highly Frequented Outpatient Clinic.
Enterobacter cloacae
KPC-2 carbapenemase
outbreak
outpatient clinic
whole-genome sequencing
Journal
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
ISSN: 1537-6591
Titre abrégé: Clin Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9203213
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 03 2021
01 03 2021
Historique:
received:
24
08
2020
accepted:
12
11
2020
pubmed:
20
11
2020
medline:
29
4
2021
entrez:
19
11
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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 blaKPC-2-positive Enterobacter cloacae among patients treated in a highly frequented outpatient department.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33211115
pii: 5991844
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1734
doi:
Substances chimiques
Anti-Bacterial Agents
0
Bacterial Proteins
0
beta-Lactamases
EC 3.5.2.6
carbapenemase
EC 3.5.2.6
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e158-e161Informations de copyright
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