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Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in hospital drains in Southern Ontario, Canada

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Hospital drains may be an important reservoir for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE). AIM: To determine prevalence of CPE in hospital drains exposed to inpatients with CPE, relatedness of drain and patient CPE, and risk factors for drain contamination.

Authors

Jamal AJ; Mataseje LF; Brown KA; Katz K; Johnstone J; Muller MP; Allen VG; Borgia S; Boyd DA; Ciccotelli W

Journal

Journal of Hospital Infection, Vol. 106, No. 4, pp. 820–827

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

12 2020

DOI

10.1016/j.jhin.2020.09.007

ISSN

0195-6701