Phylogenetic Analysis of Multi-Drug Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains From Duodenoscope Biofilm: Microbiological Surveillance and Reprocessing Improvements for Infection Prevention
Duodenoscopes have been described as potential vehicles of patient-to-patient transmission of multi-drug resistant organisms. Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae duodenoscope related infections have been described by the Center for Disease Control and the US Food and Drug Administration conseque...
Main Authors: | Massimo Ciccozzi, Eleonora Cella, Alessia Lai, Lucia De Florio, Francesca Antonelli, Marta Fogolari, Francesco Maria Di Matteo, Margherita Pizzicannella, Benedetta Colombo, Giordano Dicuonzo, Silvia Angeletti |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019-08-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Public Health |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00219/full |
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