Detection of carbapenem resistant enterobacteriace from fomite surfaces.

Evelyn A Flores, Bryn Launer, Loren G Miller, Kaye Evans, Dennys Estevez, Susan S Huang, James A McKinnell, Michael A Bolaris

American journal of infection control 2021 Jan

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Accurately identifying carbapenem resistant enterobacteriace (CRE) from fomites is critical for infection control practices, research, and assessing patient risk. We compared a commercial CRE agar intended for patient use with a modified MacConkey agar. We found that our modified MacConkey agar was more selective at identifying CRE from environmental sources. Copyright © 2020 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Evelyn A Flores, Bryn Launer, Loren G Miller, Kaye Evans, Dennys Estevez, Susan S Huang, James A McKinnell, Michael A Bolaris. Detection of carbapenem resistant enterobacteriace from fomite surfaces. American journal of infection control. 2021 Jan;49(1):128-130