Household Transmission of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in Ontario, Canada.
Alainna J JamalAmna FaheemLubna FarooqiXi Zoe ZhongIrene ArmstrongDavid A BoydEmily BorgundvaagBrenda L ColemanKaren GreenKithsiri JayasingheJennie JohnstoneKevin KatzPhilipp KohlerAngel X LiLaura MatasejeRoberto MelanoMatthew P MullerMichael R MulveySarah NayaniSamir N PatelAimee PatersonSusan PoutanenAnu RebbapragadaDavid RichardsonAlicia SarabiaShumona ShafinazAndrew E SimorBarbara M WilleyLaura WiselyAllison J McGeerPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)
Nine percent of household contacts were CPE-colonized; 3% were a result of household transmission. Hospitals may consider admission screening for patients known to have CPE-colonized household contacts.