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| Title: | Elizabethkingia anophelis and association with tap water and handwashing, Singapore | Authors: | Yung, C.-F Maiwald, M Loo, L.H Soong, H.Y Tan, C.B Lim, P.K Li, L Tan, N.W.H Chong, C.-Y Tee, N Thoon, K.C Chan, Y.H |
Keywords: | chlorhexidine DNA 16S tap water Article child coagulase negative Staphylococcus Elizabethkingia Elizabethkingia anophelis Elizabethkingia meningoseptica female gene sequence hand washing health care personnel hospital infection human infant length of stay male matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry nonhuman pediatric intensive care unit polymerase chain reaction sampling water contamination world health organization case report cross infection differential diagnosis Flavobacteriaceae Flavobacteriaceae infection hand disinfection intensive care unit isolation and purification microbiology preschool child Singapore water supply Child, Preschool Cross Infection Diagnosis, Differential Female Flavobacteriaceae Flavobacteriaceae Infections Hand Disinfection Humans Infant Intensive Care Units Male Singapore Water Microbiology Water Supply |
Issue Date: | 2018 | Publisher: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | Citation: | Yung, C.-F, Maiwald, M, Loo, L.H, Soong, H.Y, Tan, C.B, Lim, P.K, Li, L, Tan, N.W.H, Chong, C.-Y, Tee, N, Thoon, K.C, Chan, Y.H (2018). Elizabethkingia anophelis and association with tap water and handwashing, Singapore. Emerging Infectious Diseases 24 (9) : 1730-1733. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2409.171843 | Rights: | Attribution 4.0 International | Abstract: | We report an Elizabethkingia anophelis case cluster associated with contaminated aerators and tap water in a children’s intensive care unit in Singapore in 2017. We demonstrate a likely transmission route for E. anophelis to patients through acquisition of the bacteria on hands of healthcare workers via handwashing. © 2018, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved. | Source Title: | Emerging Infectious Diseases | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/179025 | ISSN: | 10806040 | DOI: | 10.3201/eid2409.171843 | Rights: | Attribution 4.0 International |
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