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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Feb 10;27(4).
doi: 10.3201/eid2704.204036. Online ahead of print.
Rapid Spread and Control of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in COVID-19 Patient Care Units
Ashka Patel, Michele Emerick, Marie K Cabunoc, Michelle H Williams, Michael Anne Preas, Gregory Schrank, Ronald Rabinowitz, Paul Luethy, J Kristie Johnson, Surbhi Leekha
Abstract
We describe rapid spread of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria among patients in dedicated coronavirus disease care units in a hospital in Maryland, USA, during May-June 2020. Critical illness, high antibiotic use, double occupancy of single rooms, and modified infection prevention practices were key contributing factors. Surveillance culturing aided in outbreak recognition and control.
Keywords: COVID-19; MDR; Maryland; SARS-CoV-2; United States; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; bacterial infections; coronavirus disease; gram-negative; multidrug resistant; outbreak; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2021 Feb 10;27(4).
doi: 10.3201/eid2704.204036. Online ahead of print.
Rapid Spread and Control of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in COVID-19 Patient Care Units
Ashka Patel, Michele Emerick, Marie K Cabunoc, Michelle H Williams, Michael Anne Preas, Gregory Schrank, Ronald Rabinowitz, Paul Luethy, J Kristie Johnson, Surbhi Leekha
- PMID: 33565961
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2704.204036
Abstract
We describe rapid spread of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria among patients in dedicated coronavirus disease care units in a hospital in Maryland, USA, during May-June 2020. Critical illness, high antibiotic use, double occupancy of single rooms, and modified infection prevention practices were key contributing factors. Surveillance culturing aided in outbreak recognition and control.
Keywords: COVID-19; MDR; Maryland; SARS-CoV-2; United States; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; bacterial infections; coronavirus disease; gram-negative; multidrug resistant; outbreak; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.