Colonisation of extended spectrum β-lactamase- and carbapenemase-producing bacteria on hospital surfaces from low-/middle-income countries
Maria Nieto-Rosado,
Kirsty Sands,
Edward Portal
et al.
Abstract:Inanimate surfaces in hospital settings can harbour bacterial pathogens, which can disseminate and cause nosocomial infections, resulting in unacceptable mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). As part of the BARNARDS study, this hospital swabs study determined which hospital surfaces were colonised by Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) carrying antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). PCR screening for the presence of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (blaCTX-M-15) and carbapenemases (blaNDM, blaOXA-48-like … Show more
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