Observational studyBMC infectious diseases2015
About the usefulness of contact precautions for carriers of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli.
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- Is systematic fecal carriage screening of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae still useful in intensive care unit: a systematic review.Critical care (London, England) · 2019Pooled it
- Impact of Discontinuation of Contact Precautions on Healthcare-associated Extended Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli in a Large Tertiary Care Hospital: An Interrupted Time-series Analysis.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2026Article
- Reported practices and difficulties for preventing emerging highly resistant bacteria in hemodialysis: the PHYDEL survey.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2026Article
- Extended spectrum betalactamase and Carbapenemase producing gram negative bacteria from healthcare workers gowns at Debre Berhan Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Wastewater microbiology: occurrence and prevalence of antibiotic-resistant extended-spectrumJournal of water and health · 2025Article
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- Close proximity interactions support transmission of ESBL-K. pneumoniae but not ESBL-E. coli in healthcare settings.PLoS computational biology · 2019Article
- Distribution of resistance genes encoding ESBLs in Enterobacteriaceae isolated from biological samples in health centers in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.BMC research notes · 2018Article
- Epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in an intensive care unit with no single rooms.Annals of intensive care · 2017Article
- Common findings of blaCurrent microbiology · 2017Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundExtended-spectrum β-lactamases producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-E) are increasingly identified in health care facilities. As previously done for the control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, many hospitals have established screening strategies for early identification of patients being carriers of ESBL producers in general and ESBL-E in particular, and have implemented contact precautions (CP) for infected and colonized patients.
methodsThe incidence of ESBL-E has been compared retrospectively between two French university hospitals (A and B) with different infection control policies over a 5-year long period of time (2006-2010).
resultsWhile hospital A only implemented standard precautions after identification of patients colonized with ESBL-E, hospital B recommended additional CP. During the period of the study, the ESBL-E incidence rate significantly increased in both hospitals, but no significant difference was observed between the two hospitals.
conclusionsThis observational study did not reveal that additional CP measures had a greater impact on the incidence of ESBL-E in hospital settings.
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