Genomic Analysis of Hospital Plumbing Reveals Diverse Reservoir of Bacterial Plasmids Conferring Carbapenem Resistance

The hospital environment is a potential reservoir of bacteria with plasmids conferring carbapenem resistance. Our Hospital Epidemiology Service routinely performs extensive sampling of high-touch surfaces, sinks, and other locations in the hospital. Over a 2-year period, additional sampling was cond...

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Published in:mBio 2018-02, Vol.9 (1)
Main Authors: Weingarten, Rebecca A., Johnson, Ryan C., Conlan, Sean, Ramsburg, Amanda M., Dekker, John P., Lau, Anna F., Khil, Pavel, Odom, Robin T., Deming, Clay, Park, Morgan, Thomas, Pamela J., Henderson, David K., Palmore, Tara N., Segre, Julia A., Frank, Karen M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
antimicrobial resistance
Bacterial Proteins - genetics
beta-Lactamases - genetics
carbapenem resistant
Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae - genetics
Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae - isolation & purification
carbapenemase-producing organisms
environment
Hospitals
Humans
infection control
Metagenomics
plasmid-mediated resistance
Plasmids - analysis
Prevalence
Sanitary Engineering
Water Microbiology
Whole Genome Sequencing
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