Breaking away from an endemic state of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa by daily sink disinfection.

ABSTRACT: The detection rate of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in patients admitted to 2 wards and the intensive care unit decreased from 20.3% (129 of 636 isolates) to 4.2% (37 of 889 isolates) after the start of disinfection of hand washing sinks using alkyl diaminoethylglycine hydrochloride.

SUBMITTER: Iwasaki S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10753494 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature