A multicentre cohort study on colonization and infection with ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in high-risk patients with haematological malignancies

Maria J. G. T. Vehreschild, Axel Hamprecht, Lance R. Peterson, Sören Schubert, Maik Häntschel, Silke Peter, Philippe Schafhausen, Holger Rohde, Marie von Lilienfeld‐Toal, Isabelle Bekeredjian‐Ding,

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy · 2014 · 107 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

Even though BSI with ESBL-E is still rare in this high-risk population, colonization rates are substantial and vary considerably between centres. In-hospital transmission of ESBL-E as assessed by molecular typing was the exception.

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