长期重症监护病房的长期重症监护病房爆发了与受污染的水槽下水道相关的碳酶产生生物的爆发

A Anantharajah1, F Goormaghtigh2, E Nguvuyla Mantu3

  • 1Department of Clinical Microbiology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium; Medical Microbiology Unit, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Brussels, Belgium.

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概括

碳酶产生生物 (CPO) 由于环境水库,特别是水槽排水,在ICU中持续存在. 新的消毒策略防止了重新定居,突出了对抗医院感染的创新方法的需要.

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