β-lactam Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Current Status, Future Prospects

KA Glen, IL Lamont - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major opportunistic pathogen, causing a wide range of acute
and chronic infections. β-lactam antibiotics including penicillins, carbapenems …

Antibiotic resistance in Enterobacter hormaechei

TK Yeh, HJ Lin, PY Liu, JH Wang, PR Hsueh - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Enterobacter hormaechei, a member of the Enterobacter cloacae complex, has emerged as
an important pathogen in healthcare-associated infections. Advancements in phylogenetic …

SHEA/IDSA/APIC practice recommendation: strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene: 2022 Update

JB Glowicz, E Landon, EE Sickbert-Bennett… - Infection Control & …, 2023 - cambridge.org
The purpose of this document is to highlight practical recommendations to assist acute-care
hospitals in prioritization and implementation of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated …

[HTML][HTML] Role of the environment in transmission of Gram-negative bacteria in two consecutive outbreaks in a haematology-oncology department

WC Van der Zwet, IEJ Nijsen, C Jamin… - Infection Prevention in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Summary In 2019–2020, two subsequent outbreaks caused by phenotypically identical
ESBL-producing Enterobacter cloacae and multi-drug-resistant (MDR) Pseudomonas putida …

Outbreak of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteria in a thoracic-oncology unit through clonal and plasmid-mediated transmission of the bla OXA-48 gene in Southern …

L Hadjadj, N Cassir, N Saïdani, C Hoffman… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) represent an increasing
threat to public health, especially in hospitals. Objectives To investigate an outbreak of CPE …

Unveiling the hidden threat of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in hospital water environments: A single-center study

R Najjar-Debbiny, M Feldman… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•A high prevalence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE)
within 1 m of a water source was found (41.5%).•Approximately one-fifth of positive samples …

blaKPC-2-Encoding IncP-6 Plasmids in Citrobacter freundii and Klebsiella variicola Strains from Hospital Sewage in Japan

Y Ota, I Prah, Y Nukui, R Koike… - Applied and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) producers are an emerging threat to global
health, and the hospital water environment is considered an important reservoir of these life …

Evaluating the antibacterial efficacy of a silver nanocomposite surface coating against nosocomial pathogens as an antibiofilm strategy to prevent hospital infections

J Butler, S Morgan, L Jones, M Upton, A Besinis - Nanotoxicology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Antimicrobial nanocoatings may be a means of preventing nosocomial infections, which
account for significant morbidity and mortality. The role of hospital sink traps in these …

Successful control of an environmental reservoir of NDM-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae associated with nosocomial transmissions in a low-incidence setting

E Moulin, P Filippidis, CA Paire-Ficout… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2024 - Springer
Background The hospital wastewater system has been reported as a source of nosocomial
acquisition of carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in various settings …

Contamination of hospital drains and toilets by carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales: a prevalence study apart from any outbreak context

C Durand, S Jolivet, K Le Neindre… - Journal of …, 2024 - journalofhospitalinfection.com
Contamination of hospital drains and toilets by carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales:
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