About the usefulness of contact precautions for carriers of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing escherichia coli

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• who: Jean-Ralph Zahar from the producers at admission and implementing contact isolation might be effective for controlling their spread in hospital settingsHowever, most of those studies have been designed to control the spread of ESBL-producing K. pneumonie [7] or ESBL-producing E. cloacae and prevent related outbreaks that are quite commonly observed. By contrast, it is well admitted that nosocomial outbreaks linked to E. coli ESBL producers outbreaks are basically uncommon [8]. The aim of this study was to compare the incidence of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae and specifically ESBL-producing E. coli in two French . . .
  

   

  

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