Risk Assessment After a Severe Hospital-Acquired Infection Associated With Carbapenemase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Resistance of gram-negative bacilli to carbapenems is rapidly emerging worldwide. In 2016, the World Health Organization defined the hospital-built environment as a core component of infection prevention and control programs. The hospital-built environment has recently been reported as a source for outbreaks and sporadic transmission events of carbapenemase-producing gram-negative bacilli from the environment to patients.

Objective

To assess risk after the identification of an unexpected, severe, and lethal hospital-acquired infection caused by carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a carbapenemase-low endemic setting.

Design, settings, and participants

A case series study in which a risk assessment was performed on all 11 patients admitted to th

SUBMITTER: Hopman J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6484879 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature