Species Diversity of Environmental GIM-1-Producing Bacteria Collected during a Long-Term Outbreak.

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Reports of outbreaks concerning carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria in which the main source of transmission is the hospital environment are increasing. This study describes the results of environmental sampling in a protracted polyspecies metallo-beta-lactamase GIM-1 outbreak driven by plasmids and bacterial clones of Enterobacter cloacae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a tertiary care center. Environmental sampling targeting wet locations (especially sinks) was carried out on a surgical intensive care unit and on a medical ward on several occasions in 2012 and 2013. We were able to demonstrate 43 blaGIM-1-carrying bacteria (mainly nonfermenters but also Enterobacteriaceae) that were either related or unrelated to clinical strains in 30 sinks and one hair washb

SUBMITTER: Wendel AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4959164 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature