1. Dialysis Water Supply Faucet as Reservoir for Carbapenemase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
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Prestel, Christopher, Moulton-Meissner, Heather, Gable, Paige, Stanton, Richard A., Glowicz, Janet, Franco, Lauren, McConnell, Mary, Torres, Tiffany, John, Dijo, Blackwell, Gillian, Yates, Renae, Brown, Chavela, Reyes, Kristina, McAllister, Gillian A., Kunz, Jasen, Conners, Erin E., Benedict, Katharine M., Kirby, Amy, Mattioli, Mia, and Kerui Xu
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BACTERIAL proteins ,HYDROLASES ,WATER supply ,PSEUDOMONAS diseases ,PSEUDOMONAS ,CARBAPENEMS ,HEMODIALYSIS ,ANTIBIOTICS ,MICROBIAL sensitivity tests ,PHARMACODYNAMICS - Abstract
During June 2017-November 2019, a total 36 patients with carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa harboring Verona-integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase were identified in a city in western Texas, USA. A faucet contaminated with the organism, identified through environmental sampling, in a specialty care room was the likely source for infection in a subset of patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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