Waterborne Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in Adult Critical Care

Waterborne Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in Adult Critical Care

Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is an infrequent colonizer of the respiratory tract; its pathogenicity is uncertain. In the context of a 22-month outbreak of E. meningoseptica acquisition affecting 30 patients in a London, UK, critical care unit (3% attack rate) we derived a measure of attributable m...

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Main Authors: Luke S.P. Moore, Daniel S. Owens, Annette Jepson, Jane F. Turton, Simon Ashworth, Hugo Donaldson, Alison H. Holmes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time of flight
intensive care
antimicrobial drug resistance
water
Chryseobacterium meningosepticum
Flavobacterium meningosepticum
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/1/15-0139_article

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