TY - JOUR AU - Segagni Lusignani, Luigi AU - Presterl, Elisabeth AU - Zatorska, Beata AU - Van den Nest, Miriam AU - Diab-Elschahawi, Magda PY - 2020 DA - 2020/01/17 TI - Infection control and risk factors for acquisition of carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae. A 5 year (2011–2016) case-control study JO - Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control SP - 18 VL - 9 IS - 1 AB - Carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae (CPE) are a major threat for severely ill patients. However, only limited data on the epidemiology and on evidence-based infection prevention and control measures are available. The aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiology of patients with CPE, characterizing the CPE isolates by their resistance mechanisms and genetic similarity, to explore risk factors for their acquisition, and to evaluate the effectiveness of the current CPE infection control measures. SN - 2047-2994 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-019-0668-2 DO - 10.1186/s13756-019-0668-2 ID - Segagni Lusignani2020 ER -