Active Surveillance of Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms (CPO) Colonization With Xpert Carba-R Assay Plus Positive Patient Isolation Proves to Be Effective in CPO Containment

Background: Rapid screening of patients for colonization with carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPO), coupled with implementation of infection prevention strategies, has the potential to contain the spread of CPO.Methods: We first evaluated the performance of Xpert Carba-R assay (in comparison with...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Main Authors:	Menglan Zhou, Timothy Kudinha, Bin Du, Jinmin Peng, Xiaojun Ma, Yang Yang, Ge Zhang, Jingjia Zhang, Qiwen Yang, Ying-Chun Xu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-05-01
Subjects:	Xpert Carba-R assay colonization carbapenemase-producing organisms infection control screening
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2019.00162/full