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High prevalence of contamination of sink drains with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in 4 intensive care units apart from any epidemic context

Carole Lemarié 1 Clément Legeay 2 Achille Kouatchet 3 Rafael Mahieu 4, 3 Sigismond Lasocki 5, 6 Pamela Holecska 1 Laura Onillon 1 Maxime Corre 1 Marie Kempf 4, 1 Matthieu Eveillard 4, 1, *
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1 Laboratoire de Bactériologie [CHU Angers]
2 Unité de prévention et de lutte contre les infections nosocomiales [CHU Angers]
3 Service de médecine intensive - réanimation et médecine hyperbare [CHU Angers]
4 CRCINA-ÉQUIPE 6 - ATOMycA
CRCINA - Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie et Immunologie Nantes-Angers
5 CHU Angers - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers
6 Service de Réanimation Chirurgicale [CHU Angers]
Abstract : We report a high prevalence (28%) of sink drains contaminated with carbapenemase-producing Enterobac-teriaceae (CPE) in 4 intensive care units with a history of CPE carriage in hospitalized patients within the previous 5 years, but apart from any current epidemic context. Carbapenemase genes, particularly bla VIM and bla NDM , were identified by polymerase chain reaction in sink drains in which no CPE was detected, but very few data are available in the literature concerning their presence in sink drains.
Keywords : Polymerase chain reaction Resistance genes Environmental reservoir Critical care Carbapenem-resistant bacteria
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Carole Lemarié, Clément Legeay, Achille Kouatchet, Rafael Mahieu, Sigismond Lasocki, et al.. High prevalence of contamination of sink drains with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in 4 intensive care units apart from any epidemic context. American Journal of Infection Control, Elsevier, 2019, Epub ahead of print. ⟨10.1016/j.ajic.2019.08.007⟩. ⟨inserm-02298350⟩

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