Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: Use of a dynamic registry of cases and contacts for outbreak management

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 73-77

  Clarivet, B ^a   Pantel, A ^b,c   Morvan, M ^a   Jean Pierre, H ^a   Parer, S ^a,c   Jumas Bilak, E ^a,c   Lotthe A ^a,c  

^a MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae; Database; Outbreak management; Registry

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; RECTUM; REGISTER; SCREENING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SECRETION (PROCESS); TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEMASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHILD; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84952939798     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.07.007     Document Type: Article

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