Use of a cohorting-unit and systematic surveillance cultures to control a Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Enterobacteriaceae outbreak.
Allison E ReemeSarah L BowlerBlake W BuchanMary Beth GrahamElizabeth BehrensSiddhartha SinghJohnny C HongJennifer ArvanJoshua W HykeLouis PalenSabrina SavageHeather SeligerSusan HuertaNathan A LedeboerShireen KotayAmy J MathersVaughn S CooperMustapha Munir MustaphaRoberta T MettusYohei DoiL Silvia Munoz-PricePublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2019)
A complex KPC outbreak involving both clonal and plasmid-mediated dissemination was controlled using weekly surveillances and a cohorting unit.