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Table 1 CPE carriage/infection on the ICU A, bed 6

From: The sink as a potential source of transmission of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the intensive care unit

Patient 1 (colonization)

KPC, OXA-48 and NDM (2/2/2015). Different species

Patient 2 (infection site: endotracheal aspirate)

KPC, OXA-48 and NDM (23/2/2015). Different species

Patient 3 (colonization)

OXA-48 and NDM (18/5/2015). Different species

Patient 4 (infection site: abdominal abscess)

OXA-48 (15/7/2015). Different species

Patient 5 (infection site: endotracheal aspirate)

NDM and OXA-48 (30/8/2015). Different species

  1. Five patients developed CPE carriage/infection during their hospital stay on the ICU A, room six between January and August 2015. They all had negative screenings on admission. The isolates belonged to different species with different antibiograms. The time period between the detection of these CPE positive patients was relatively small
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Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

ISSN: 2047-2994

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