A single-day point-prevalence study of faecal carriers in long-term care hospitals in Madrid (Spain) depicts a complex clonal and polyclonal dissemination of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. [electronic resource]
- The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy Feb 2016
- 348-52 p. digital
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
1460-2091
10.1093/jac/dkv355 doi
Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Bacterial Proteins--genetics Carrier State--epidemiology Cross Infection--epidemiology Disease Transmission, Infectious Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field Enterobacteriaceae--classification Enterobacteriaceae Infections--epidemiology Feces--microbiology Female Genotype Hospitals Humans Long-Term Care Male Middle Aged Molecular Epidemiology Multilocus Sequence Typing Plasmids--analysis Prevalence Spain--epidemiology beta-Lactamases--genetics