Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing VIM carbapenemase in an intensive care unit and its termination by implementation of waterless patient care
- Catho, Gaud
- Martischang, Romain
- Boroli, Filippo
- Chraiti, Marie-Noëlle
- Martin, Yves Gilbert
- Koyluk Tomsuk, Zilfi
- Renzi, Gesuele
- Schrenzel, Jacques
- Pugin, Jérôme
- Nordmann, P
- Blanc, D S
- Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen
Publication date
January 2021
DOI Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLCAbstract
Long-term outbreaks of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli related to hospital-building water systems have been described. However, successful mitigation strategies have rarely been reported. In particular, environmental disinfection or replacement of contaminated equipment usually failed to eradicate environmental sources of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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