Epidemiology of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a pediatric hospital in a country with high endemicity

• Main Authors: Elio Castagnola (Author), Paola Tatarelli (Author), Alessio Mesini (Author), Ivana Baldelli (Author), Daniela La Masa (Author), Roberto Biassoni (Author), Roberto Bandettini (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Little is known about epidemiology of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in children. Aim of this study was to describe CPE epidemiology in a tertiary care pediatric hospital in Italy that admits patients coming from geographic areas with high diffusion of CPE. Methods: Pro...