Successful control of an outbreak of GES-5 extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a long-term care facility in Japan - Concepedia

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Successful control of an outbreak of GES-5 extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a long-term care facility in Japan

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2016

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Atsuhiro Kanayama, Ryuji Kawahara, Takuya Yamagishi, Kensuke Goto, Y. Kobaru, M. Takano, Kazutoshi Morisada, Akira Ukimura, F Kawanishi, Ayako Tabuchi,

Journal of Hospital Infection

Abstract

An outbreak of MDRP with an antimicrobial resistance gene, blaGES-5, occurred in a Japanese LTCF. It was successfully controlled by enhanced infection control measures, which neighbouring hospitals and a local public health centre supported.

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