The washing machine as a reservoir for transmission of extended spectrum beta-lactamase (CTX-M-15)-producing Klebsiella oxytoca ST201 in newborns
Submitted by lsekela on October 1, 2019 - 07:54 AM
This study describes an outbreak with a single strain of a multidrug-resistant bacterium (Klebsiella oxytoca ST201) in a German neonatal intensive care unit, that was ended when the washing machine was removed.
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Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Content Author:
Ricarda M. Schmithausen, Esther Sib, Martin Exner, Sylvia Hack
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