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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.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Feb 2016
Ruiz-Garbajosa Patricia, Hernández-García Marta, Beatobe Lorena, Tato Marta, Méndez María Isabel, Grandal Manuel, Aranzábal Lidia, Alonso Santiago, Lópaz María Ángeles, Astray Jenaro, Cantón Rafael
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OBJECTIVES: 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. METHODS: Three LTCHs were included in a single-day point-prevalence survey (September 2013). Rectal swabs, collected from all hospitalized patients (137 in LTCH-A, 121 in LTCH-B and...
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