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A metallo-beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae outbreak from a contaminated tea dispenser at...

A metallo-beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae outbreak from a contaminated tea dispenser at...

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A metallo-beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae outbreak from a contaminated tea dispenser at a children’s hospital in Japan

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Full title

A metallo-beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae outbreak from a contaminated tea dispenser at a children’s hospital in Japan

Publisher

United States: Cambridge University Press

Journal title

Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2019-02, Vol.40 (2), p.217-220

Language

English

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Publisher

United States: Cambridge University Press

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Scope and Contents

Contents

An outbreak of metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) producing
Klebsiella pneumoniae
occurred at a children’s hospital in Japan. MBL-producing
K. pneumoniae
was detected in tea dispenser in the hospital, the use of which was associated with the acquisition of the MBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae. The outbreak ceased after use of the tea dispenser w...

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Full title

A metallo-beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae outbreak from a contaminated tea dispenser at a children’s hospital in Japan

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2161063128

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2161063128

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ISSN

0899-823X

E-ISSN

1559-6834

DOI

10.1017/ice.2018.331

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