Open AccessEpidemiology and Transmission of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in a Health Care Network of an Acute-Care Hospital and Its Affiliated Intermediate- and Long-Term-Care Facilities in Singapore
Author(s) -
Aung-Hein Aung,
Kala Kanagasabai,
Jocelyn Koh,
Pei-Yun Hon,
Brenda Ang,
David C. Lye,
Swaine L. Chen,
Angela Chow
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.02584-20
Subject(s) - odds ratio , medicine , confidence interval , carriage , carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae , epidemiology , infection control , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , enterobacteriaceae , biology , pathology , biochemistry , escherichia coli , gene
Movement of patients in a health care network poses challenges for the control of carbapenemase-producingEnterobacteriaceae (CPE). We aimed to identify intra- and interfacility transmission events and facility type-specific risk factors of CPE in an acute-care hospital (ACH) and its intermediate-term and long-term-care facilities (ILTCFs).