Genome-based typing reveals rare events of patient contamination with Pseudomonas aeruginosa from other patients and sink traps in a medical intensive care unit.

Date publication

février 2023

Journal

The Journal of hospital infection

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr HOCQUET Didier

Tous les auteurs :
Couchoud C, Bertrand X, Bourgeon M, Piton G, Valot B, Hocquet D

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36738994

Résumé

We used genome-based typing data with the aim of identifying the routes of acquisition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) by patients hospitalized in a medical intensive care unit (MICU) over a long period in a non-epidemic context.

Mots clés

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, cross-transmission, medical intensive care unit, phylogeny, whole-genome sequencing

Référence

J Hosp Infect. 2023 02 2;: