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Successful eradication of an environmental reservoir of NDM-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae associated with nosocomial transmissions in a low-incidence setting
2024-04-02
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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background</bold> The hospital wastewater system has been reported as a source of nosocomial acquisition of carbapenemase producing <italic>Enterobacteriaceae</italic>(CPE) in various settings. Cleaning and disinfection protocols or replacement of contaminated equipment often fail to eradicate these environmental reservoirs, which can lead to long-term transmission of CPE. We repo...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 169287d2-d012-5c28-9b58-136c428fc53a
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4176542/v1
