Phylogenetic Analysis of Multi-Drug Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains From Duodenoscope Biofilm: Microbiological Surveillance and Reprocessing Improvements for Infection Prevention

• Main Authors: Massimo Ciccozzi (Author), Eleonora Cella (Author), Alessia Lai (Author), Lucia De Florio (Author), Francesca Antonelli (Author), Marta Fogolari (Author), Francesco Maria Di Matteo (Author), Margherita Pizzicannella (Author), Benedetta Colombo (Author), Giordano Dicuonzo (Author), Silvia Angeletti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Duodenoscopes have been described as potential vehicles of patient-to-patient transmission of multi-drug resistant organisms. Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae duodenoscope related infections have been described by the Center for Disease Control and the US Food and Drug Administration conseque...