Colonization of a hand washing sink in a veterinary hospital by an Enterobacter hormaechei strain carrying multiple resistances to high importance antimicrobials

Colonization of a hand washing sink in a veterinary hospital by an Enterobacter hormaechei strain carrying multiple resistances to high importance antimicrobials

Abstract Background Hospital intensive care units (ICUs) are known reservoirs of multidrug resistant nosocomial bacteria. Targeted environmental monitoring of these organisms in health care facilities can strengthen infection control procedures. A routine surveillance of extended spectrum beta-lacta...

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Main Authors: Kanishka Kamathewatta, Rhys Bushell, Fannana Rafa, Glenn Browning, Helen Billman-Jacobe, Marc Marenda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Subjects:
Veterinary hospital
ICU
Antimicrobial resistance
IncH12 plasmid
Enterobacter hormaechei
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-020-00828-0

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