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. 2018 Oct 12;67(40):1130-1131.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6740a6.

Notes from the Field: Large Cluster of Verona Integron-Encoded Metallo-Beta-Lactamase-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates Colonizing Residents at a Skilled Nursing Facility - Chicago, Illinois, November 2016-March 2018

Whitney J Clegg, Massimo Pacilli, Sarah K Kemble, Janna L Kerins, Ahmed Hassaballa, Alexander J Kallen, Maroya S Walters, Alison Laufer Halpin, Richard A Stanton, Sandra Boyd, Paige Gable, Jonathan Daniels, Michael Y Lin, Mary K Hayden, Karen Lolans, Deb P Burdsall, Mary Alice Lavin, Stephanie R Black

Notes from the Field: Large Cluster of Verona Integron-Encoded Metallo-Beta-Lactamase-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates Colonizing Residents at a Skilled Nursing Facility - Chicago, Illinois, November 2016-March 2018

Whitney J Clegg et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors have completed and submitted the ICMJE form for disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. Michael Lin reports receiving research support in the form of contributed product from OpGen and Sage Products, and an investigator-initiated grant from CareFusion Foundation (now part of BD). Mary Hayden reports receiving support in the form of contributed product from Sage (now Stryker) and from Molnlycke. Deb Burdsall and Mary Alice Lavin report receiving personal fees from APIC Consulting Services. No other potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.

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