Elizabethkingia anophelis and association with tap water and handwashing, Singapore

• Main Authors: Yung, C.-F, Maiwald, M, Loo, L.H, Soong, H.Y, Tan, C.B, Lim, P.K, Li, L, Tan, N.W.H, Chong, C.-Y, Tee, N, Thoon, K.C, Chan, Y.H
• Other Authors: MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
• Format: Article
• Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2020
• Subjects: chlorhexidine; DNA 16S; tap water; Article; child; coagulase negative Staphylococcus; Elizabethkingia; Elizabethkingia anophelis; Elizabethkingia meningoseptica; female; gene sequence; hand washing; health care personnel; hospital infection; human; infant; length of stay; male; matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry; nonhuman; pediatric intensive care unit; polymerase chain reaction; sampling; water contamination; world health organization; case report; cross infection; differential diagnosis; Flavobacteriaceae; Flavobacteriaceae infection; hand disinfection; intensive care unit; isolation and purification; microbiology; preschool child; Singapore; water supply; Child, Preschool; Cross Infection; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Flavobacteriaceae Infections; Hand Disinfection; Humans; Infant; Intensive Care Units; Male; Water Microbiology; Water Supply
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/179025
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.3201/eid2409.171843