An Irish outbreak of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM)-1 carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: increasing but unrecognized prevalence

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 351-357

  O'Connor, C ^a,b   Cormican, M ^c,d   Boo, T W ^c,d   McGrath, E ^d   Slevin, B ^a   O'Gorman, A ^a   Commane, M ^a   Mahony, S ^b   O'Donovan, E ^a   Powell, J ^a   Monahan, R ^a   Finnegan, C ^a   Kiernan, M G ^b   Coffey, J C ^b   Power, L ^a   O'Connell, N H ^a,b   Dunne, C P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae; Ireland; Multidrug resistant organism; New Delhi metallo lactamase 1 (NDM 1); Outbreak

Indexed keywords

BORONIC ACID; BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFTAZIDIME; CLOXACILLIN; COLISTIN; DIPICOLINIC ACID; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE 1; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA-LACTAMASE NDM-1;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; IRELAND; MALE; MCR 1 GENE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAVEL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERY ELDERLY; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARRIER STATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; IRELAND; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84995503368     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.08.005     Document Type: Article

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