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