A hospital-wide outbreak of IMI-17-producing Enterobacter ludwigii in an Israeli hospital.

Vered SchechnerKatya LevytskyiOhad ShalomAlexander YalekAmos Adler

Published in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2021)

This outbreak had most likely originated in the community and subsequently disseminated inside our institution. More studies are required in order to elucidate the epidemiology of IMI-Producing E. ludwigii and the possible role of environmental sources in its dissemination.

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