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KMID : 1142720230260040159
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Annals of Clinical Microbiology
2023 Volume.26 No. 4 p.159 ~ p.163
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Environmental culture for carbapenemaseproducing Enterobacterales
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Chung Hae-Sun
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Abstract
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We conducted environmental cultures for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales(CPE) to evaluate the environmental contamination around patients with CPE. CPE wasdetected in the environmental cultures of four of the nine intensive care unit (ICU) inpatientswith CPE. All four isolates were collected from sink surfaces in isolation rooms within theICU. CPE isolates from the environment differed from those isolated from patients and haddifferent carbapenemases. Even though CPE isolates from the environment of the ICU werenot associated with CPE isolates from patients, the repeated isolation of CPE from sinks overseveral months is alarming.
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KEYWORD
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Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (Enterobacterales), Carbapenemase, Environment, Intensive care units
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