Epidemiology and transmission of carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae in a health care network of an acute-care hospital and its affiliated intermediate- and long-term-care facilities in Singapore

• Main Authors: Aung, Aung-Hein, Kanagasabai, Kala, Koh, Jocelyn, Hon, Pei-Yun, Ang, Brenda, Lye, David C., Chen, Swaine L., Chow, Angela
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Beta-Lactam Resistant; Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153677
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Movement of patients in a health care network poses challenges for the control of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE). We aimed to identify intra- and interfacility transmission events and facility type-specific risk factors of CPE in an acute-care hospital (ACH) and its intermediate-te...