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Am J Infect Control
; 48(2): 230-232, 2020 02.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31495643
RESUMO
We report a high prevalence (28%) of sink drains contaminated with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in 4 intensive care units with a history of CPE carriage in hospitalized patients within the previous 5 years, but apart from any current epidemic context. Carbapenemase genes, particularly blaVIM and blaNDM, were identified by polymerase chain reaction in sink drains in which no CPE was detected, but very few data are available in the literature concerning their presence in sink drains.