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Surveillance of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli in perianal swab samples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2024

Gül Çalışkan ,
Hale Eren ,
Funda Aslan ,
Nergis Tezgeç ,
Habibe İmer ,
Esma Souleiman ,
Ülkü Tüzemen Open the ORCID record for Ülkü Tüzemen [Opens in a new window] ,
Uğur Önal Open the ORCID record for Uğur Önal [Opens in a new window] ,
Esra Kazak Open the ORCID record for Esra Kazak [Opens in a new window]  and
Yasemin Heper
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Gül Çalışkan
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Infection Control Committee, Infection Control Nurse, Bursa Uludağ University, Bursa, Türkiye
Hale Eren
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Infection Control Committee, Infection Control Nurse, Bursa Uludağ University, Bursa, Türkiye
Funda Aslan
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Infection Control Committee, Infection Control Nurse, Bursa Uludağ University, Bursa, Türkiye
Nergis Tezgeç
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Infection Control Committee, Infection Control Nurse, Bursa Uludağ University, Bursa, Türkiye
Habibe İmer
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Infection Control Committee, Infection Control Nurse, Bursa Uludağ University, Bursa, Türkiye
Esma Souleiman
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Infection Control Committee, Infection Control Nurse, Bursa Uludağ University, Bursa, Türkiye
Ülkü Tüzemen
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Bursa Uludağ University, Bursa, Türkiye
Uğur Önal*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Bursa Uludağ University, Bursa, Türkiye
Esra Kazak
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Bursa Uludağ University, Bursa, Türkiye
Yasemin Heper
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Bursa Uludağ University, Bursa, Türkiye
Emel Yılmaz
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Bursa Uludağ University, Bursa, Türkiye
Cüneyt Özakın
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Bursa Uludağ University, Bursa, Türkiye
Halis Akalın
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Bursa Uludağ University, Bursa, Türkiye
*
Corresponding author: Uğur Önal; Email: uguronal@uludag.edu.tr
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Abstract

Our study aimed to detect carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) and/or carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli in perianal swab samples, exploring their link to bloodstream infections (BSIs) in a tertiary-care university hospital. CRKP-related BSIs ranged from 3.7% to 9.58%, emphasizing the need to understand local risk factors for effective infection control.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , First View , pp. 1 - 4
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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