Environmental colonization and onward clonal transmission of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) in a medical intensive care unit: The case for environmental hygiene

• Main Authors: Ng, D.H.L, Marimuthu, K, Lee, J.J, Khong, W.X, Ng, O.T, Zhang, W, Poh, B.F, Rao, P, Raj, M.D.R, Ang, B, De, P.P
• Other Authors: MEDICINE
• Format: Article
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: carbapenem; Acinetobacter infection; antibiotic resistance; antibiotic sensitivity; Article; bacterial colonization; bacterial transmission; bacterium colony; bacterium isolate; clinical article; controlled study; environmental sanitation; hospital acquired pneumonia; hospital admission; human; length of stay; medical intensive care unit; prevalence; priority journal; Singapore; throat culture; whole genome sequencing
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/175064
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1186/s13756-018-0343-z