Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2022)
Dialysis Water Supply Faucet as Reservoir for Carbapenemase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Christopher Prestel,
- Heather Moulton-Meissner,
- Paige Gable,
- Richard A. Stanton,
- Janet Glowicz,
- Lauren Franco,
- Mary McConnell,
- Tiffany Torres,
- Dijo John,
- Gillian Blackwell,
- Renae Yates,
- Chavela Brown,
- Kristina Reyes,
- Gillian A. McAllister,
- Jasen Kunz,
- Erin E. Conners,
- Katharine M. Benedict,
- Amy Kirby,
- Mia Mattioli,
- Kerui Xu,
- Nicole Gualandi,
- Stephanie Booth,
- Shannon Novosad,
- Matthew Arduino,
- Alison Laufer Halpin,
- Katherine Wells,
- Maroya Spalding Walters
Affiliations
- Christopher Prestel
- Heather Moulton-Meissner
- Paige Gable
- Richard A. Stanton
- Janet Glowicz
- Lauren Franco
- Mary McConnell
- Tiffany Torres
- Dijo John
- Gillian Blackwell
- Renae Yates
- Chavela Brown
- Kristina Reyes
- Gillian A. McAllister
- Jasen Kunz
- Erin E. Conners
- Katharine M. Benedict
- Amy Kirby
- Mia Mattioli
- Kerui Xu
- Nicole Gualandi
- Stephanie Booth
- Shannon Novosad
- Matthew Arduino
- Alison Laufer Halpin
- Katherine Wells
- Maroya Spalding Walters
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2810.220731
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 28,
no. 10
pp. 2069 – 2073
Abstract
During June 2017–November 2019, a total 36 patients with carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa harboring Verona-integron–encoded metallo-β-lactamase were identified in a city in western Texas, USA. A faucet contaminated with the organism, identified through environmental sampling, in a specialty care room was the likely source for infection in a subset of patients.
Keywords
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- healthcare-associated infections
- nosocomial infections
- antimicrobial resistance
- multidrug-resistant organisms
- carbapenemase-producing bacteria
