Clean clothes or dirty clothes? Outbreak investigation of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii related to laundry contamination through multilocus sequence typing (MLST).

Alfred Lok Hang LeeEddie Chi Ming LeungBen Wai Hong WongLeo Chun Hei WongYoyo Lok Yiu WongRosana Ka Yin HungSindy Sin Yee HoViola Chi Ying Chow

Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2022)

MLST confirmed that contamination of the laundry evaporative cooler and surrounding environment caused a polyclonal CRA hospital outbreak. Hospital laundry is an important area for infection control and outbreak investigations of CRA.

Keyphrases

acinetobacter baumannii
multidrug resistant
drug resistant
risk assessment
pseudomonas aeruginosa
drinking water
healthcare
health risk
acute care
adverse drug
human health
emergency department
cystic fibrosis