Isolation precautions required for neonatal intensive care units (NICU) are part of a bundle with the aim to prevent transmission, colonization, and infection with MDRGN [1, 2]. Transmission Risk on a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Escherichia coli versus Klebsiella pneumoniae "This means more pati...
Contact isolation is used in healthcare institutions if risk of transmission of human pathogenic microbial agents by direct or indirect contact with cases or carriers with certain infections, or with contaminated environment, equipment, textiles and wast
Risk factors for the acquisition of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae among hospitalized patients Microb Drug Resist [Internet] (2005) E. Meyer et al. Dramatic increase of third-generation cephalosporin-resistant E. coli in German intensive care units: secular trends in antibiotic drug use an...
Results. Preliminary results indicated that the hypochlorite was the sanitizing agent of choice for surface disinfection and against the most frequent potential pathogenic bacterials isolated such as Staphylococcus spp (75%), E. coli and Klebsiella spp (15%), and Pseudomonas spp (10%). In ...
This decision was based on the challenge of accurate identification, and for safety precautions, we opted not to proceed with them. Nevertheless, certain strains from this origin demonstrated sufficient promise to warrant further characterization and application studies in the future [78]. The selected...
Surveillance rectal swabs for the screening of ESBL-producing Enterobacterales collected on days 3 and 7 were negative. On day 10, Pantoea spp. (6775PV) was cultured from the surveillance rectal swab. The patient was spatially isolated and contact isolation precautions were taken including dedicated...