Open AccessAnatomic Sites of Patent Colonization and Environmental Contamination with Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase—Producing Enterobacteriaceae at Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals
Author(s) -
Caroline Thurlow,
Kavitha Prabaker,
Michael Lin,
Karen Lolans,
Robert A. Weinstein,
Mary K. Hayden,
Prevention Epicenters Program
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
infection control and hospital epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.243
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1559-6834
pISSN - 0899-823X
DOI - 10.1086/668783
Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , enterobacteriaceae , colonization , enterobacteriaceae infections , microbiology and biotechnology , klebsiella infections , medicine , biology , escherichia coli , biochemistry , gene
To determine anatomic sites of colonization in patients and to assess environmental contamination with Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Enterobacteriaceae.