Detection and termination of an extended low-frequency hospital outbreak of GIM-1-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST111 in Germany

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 635-639

  Wendel, Andreas F ^a   Kolbe Busch, Susanne ^a   Ressina, Sofija ^a   Schulze Röbbecke, Roland ^a   Kindgen Milles, Detlef ^a   Lorenz, Christel ^a   Pfeffer, Klaus ^a   Mackenzie, Colin R ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental sampling; German imipenemase 1; Metallo lactamase; Multidrug resistance; Outbreak; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; GERMAN IMIPENEMASE 1 PRODUCING PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; GERMANY; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; WATER CONTAMINATION; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY;

BETA LACTAMASE; BETA-LACTAMASE GIM-1, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84931560229     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.02.024     Document Type: Article

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