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

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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Main Authors: Rebecca A. Weingarten, Ryan C. Johnson, Sean Conlan, Amanda M. Ramsburg, John P. Dekker, Anna F. Lau, Pavel Khil, Robin T. Odom, Clay Deming, Morgan Park, Pamela J. Thomas, NISC Comparative Sequencing Program, David K. Henderson, Tara N. Palmore, Julia A. Segre, Karen M. Frank, Robert A. Bonomo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-02-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/9/1/e02011-17

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