Healthcare-associated multispecies outbreaks of OXA-48-positive carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a Singapore tertiary-care hospital.
Indumathi VenkatachalamMolly Kue Bien HowKarrie Kwan Ki KoNurdyana Binte Abdul RahmanEdwin Philip ConceicaoMay Kyawt AungMyat Oo AungYong YangKwee Yuen TanJean Xiang Ying SimLai Chee LeeMoi Lin LingPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2022)
Multispecies OXA-48 outbreaks in our institution are likely related to a favorable ecological condition and selective pressure exerted by antimicrobial use. The integration of molecular surveillance epidemiology of the healthcare environment is important in understanding the risk of healthcare-associated infection to patients.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- acinetobacter baumannii
- tertiary care
- end stage renal disease
- multidrug resistant
- newly diagnosed
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- public health
- staphylococcus aureus
- prognostic factors
- escherichia coli
- peritoneal dialysis
- drug resistant
- emergency department
- climate change
- gram negative
- health information
- risk assessment
- single molecule
- adverse drug