Hospital microbiology laboratory practices for Enterobacteriaceae: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) annual survey, 2015 and 2016

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• Alternative Title:
  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
• Personal Author:
  Shugart, Alicia ; Walters, Maroya Spalding ; Weiner, Lindsey M. ; Lonsway, David ; Kallen, Alexander J.
• Description:
  We analyzed clinical microbiology laboratory practices for detection of multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in US short-stay acute-care hospitals using data from the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Annual Facility Survey. Half of hospitals reported testing for carbapenemases, and 1% performed routine polymyxin susceptibility testing using reference broth microdilution.
• Subjects:
  Anti-Bacterial Agents Article Carbapenems Centers For Disease Control And Prevention (U.S.) Enterobacteriaceae Humans Laboratories, Hospital Microbial Sensitivity Tests Polymyxins Surveys And Questionnaires United States

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• Source:
  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 39(9):1115-1117
• Pubmed ID:
  30039775
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6346738
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  39
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6b67cf97b3edd5c335e52dcb2f3a44338b5ae873e041631138a3eaaf1e5df483
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/70150/cdc_70150_DS1.pdf
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