Unveiling the hidden threat of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in hospital water environments: A single-center study.
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- Academic Journal
- Authors
- Najjar-Debbiny R; Infection Prevention and Control unit, Lady Davis Carmel medical center, Haifa, Israel; Ruth and Bruce Rappaport, Faculty of medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel. Electronic address: ronzana@clalit.org.il.; Feldman M; Infection Prevention and Control unit, Lady Davis Carmel medical center, Haifa, Israel.; Groizberg-Schwartzman D; Infection Prevention and Control unit, Lady Davis Carmel medical center, Haifa, Israel.; Sobeh S; Infection Prevention and Control unit, Lady Davis Carmel medical center, Haifa, Israel.; Khoury L; Infection Prevention and Control unit, Lady Davis Carmel medical center, Haifa, Israel.; Yassin R; Infectious Diseases unit, Lady Davis Carmel medical center, Haifa, Israel.; Weber G; Infectious Diseases unit, Lady Davis Carmel medical center, Haifa, Israel.; Salach O; Clinical Microbiology Lab, Lady Davis Carmel medical center, Haifa, Israel.; Shaked-Mishan P; Clinical Microbiology Lab, Lady Davis Carmel medical center, Haifa, Israel.; Schwartz N; School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.; Saliba W; Ruth and Bruce Rappaport, Faculty of medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel; Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
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- Publisher: Mosby Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8004854 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1527-3296 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 01966553 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Am J Infect Control Subsets: MEDLINE
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- Language
- English
This retrospective study examined the presence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in hospital water environments. Results showed that carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae was detected in 41.5% of the samples within 1 m of a water source (showers or sinks), with 20.6% of the positive samples associated with shower water sources.
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