Transmission of extended-spectrum β-lactamase Klebsiella oxytoca via the breathing circuit of a transport ventilator: root cause analysis and infection control recommendations

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Aug;32(8):828-9. doi: 10.1086/661225.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Causality
  • Cross Infection / transmission*
  • Equipment Contamination* / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Infection Control / methods
  • Klebsiella Infections / transmission*
  • Klebsiella oxytoca / isolation & purification*
  • Ventilators, Mechanical / microbiology*
  • beta-Lactam Resistance