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. 2021 Jan;49(1):128-130.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.05.023. Epub 2020 May 25.

Detection of carbapenem resistant enterobacteriace from fomite surfaces

Evelyn A Flores  1 , Bryn Launer  2 , Loren G Miller  3 , Kaye Evans  4 , Dennys Estevez  5 , Susan S Huang  4 , James A McKinnell  1 , Michael A Bolaris  6
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Detection of carbapenem resistant enterobacteriace from fomite surfaces

Evelyn A Flores et al. Am J Infect Control. 2021 Jan.
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Abstract

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.

Keywords: Drug resistant gram negative organisms; Environmental contamination; Microbiology methods; Screening agar.

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