No nosocomial transmission under standard hygiene precautions in short term contact patients in case of an unexpected ESBL or Q&A E. coli positive patient: a one-year prospective cohort study within three regional hospitals.
Dennis SouvereinSjoerd M EuserBjorn L HerpersCorry HattinkPatricia HoutmanAmerens PopmaJan KluytmansJohn W A RossenJeroen W Den BoerPublished in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2017)
In a local setting within hospitals with standard hygiene precautions, routine contact tracing among unexpected HR-GNR positive patients may be replaced by appropriate surveillance as we found no nosocomial transmission in short term contacts.