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. 2020 Feb;48(2):230-232.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.08.007. Epub 2019 Sep 5.

High prevalence of contamination of sink drains with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in 4 intensive care units apart from any epidemic context

Carole Lemarié  1 , Clément Legeay  2 , Achille Kouatchet  3 , Rafael Mahieu  4 , Sigismond Lasocki  5 , Pamela Holecska  1 , Laura Onillon  1 , Maxime Corre  1 , Marie Kempf  6 , Matthieu Eveillard  7
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High prevalence of contamination of sink drains with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in 4 intensive care units apart from any epidemic context

Carole Lemarié et al. Am J Infect Control. 2020 Feb.

Abstract

We report a high prevalence (28%) of sink drains contaminated with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in 4 intensive care units with a history of CPE carriage in hospitalized patients within the previous 5 years, but apart from any current epidemic context. Carbapenemase genes, particularly blaVIM and blaNDM, were identified by polymerase chain reaction in sink drains in which no CPE was detected, but very few data are available in the literature concerning their presence in sink drains.

Keywords: Carbapenem-resistant bacteria; Critical care; Environmental reservoir; Polymerase chain reaction; Resistance genes.

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