A single-day point-prevalence study of faecal carriers in long-term care hospitals in Madrid (Spain) depicts a complex clonal and polyclonal dissemination of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae | Zendy

Patricia Ruíz-Garbajosa | Zendy; Marta Hernández-García | Zendy; Lorena Beatobe | Zendy; Marta Tato | Zendy; María Isabel Méndez | Zendy; Manuel Grandal | Zendy; Lidia Aranzábal | Zendy; Santiago Alonso | Zendy; María Ángeles Lópaz | Zendy; Jenaro Astray | Zendy; Rafael Cantón | Zendy

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A single-day point-prevalence study of faecal carriers in long-term care hospitals in Madrid (Spain) depicts a complex clonal and polyclonal dissemination of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae

Author(s) -

Patricia Ruíz-Garbajosa,

Marta Hernández-García,

Lorena Beatobe,

Marta Tato,

María Isabel Méndez,

Manuel Grandal,

Lidia Aranzábal,

Santiago Alonso,

María Ángeles Lópaz,

Jenaro Astray,

Rafael Cantón

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkv355

Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , microbiology and biotechnology , enterobacter cloacae , multilocus sequence typing , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , biology , enterobacteriaceae , citrobacter , escherichia coli , population , genotype , medicine , gene , genetics , environmental health

The objective of this study was to describe the prevalence and microbiological characteristics of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) colonizing patients in long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) in Madrid, Spain.

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