Hospital outbreak of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli potentially caused by toilet and bath chair use

• Naoto Okada,
• Mari Takahashi,
• Yumiko Yano,
• Masami Sato,
• Akane Abe,
• Keisuke Ishizawa,
• Momoyo Azuma

Affiliations

Naoto Okada

Department of Pharmacy, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan; Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan; Corresponding author. Naoto Okada, Department of Pharmacy, Tokushima University Hospital, 2-50-1 Kuramoto, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan. Tel.: +81 88-633-9385.

Mari Takahashi

Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan

Yumiko Yano

Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan

Masami Sato

Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan

Akane Abe

Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan

Keisuke Ishizawa

Department of Pharmacy, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan; Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan; Clinical Research Center for Developmental Therapeutics, Tokushima University Hospital, 2-50-1 Kuramoto, Tokushima, 770–8503 Japan

Momoyo Azuma

Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan