Routes of transmission of VIM-positive Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the adult intensive care unit-analysis of 9 years of surveillance at a university hospital using a mathematical model.
Thi Mui PhamAndrea C BüchlerAnne F Voor In 't HoltJuliëtte A SeverinMartin C J BootsmaDiederik GommersMirjam E KretzschmarMargreet C VosPublished in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2022)
Our results emphasize that persistent contamination of the environment may be an important driver of nosocomial transmissions of VIM-PA in ICUs. To minimize the transmission risk from the environment, potential reservoirs should be regularly and thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, or redesigned.
Keyphrases
- intensive care unit
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- acinetobacter baumannii
- cystic fibrosis
- human health
- public health
- risk assessment
- drinking water
- mechanical ventilation
- biofilm formation
- health risk
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
- multidrug resistant
- escherichia coli
- childhood cancer
- young adults
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- heavy metals
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation