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Table 5 Environmental isolates present divided by room indicating the environmental reservoir densities by room-type

From: Tracing the transmission of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales at the patient: ward environmental nexus

Sample site and type

C. freundii

C. portucalensis

C. youngae

Citrobacter sp.

E. asburiae

E. cloacae

E. hormaechei

E. roggenkampii

E. coli

K. grimontii

K. michigenensis

K. pneumoniae

P. mirabilis

Total species found per site

Bay (Beds 1–4)

3 (60%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (20%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (20%)

1 (20%)

5

Bay (Beds 15–18)

1 (8%)

0 (0%)

2 (17%)

1 (8%)

0 (0%)

3 (25%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (17%)

0 (0%)

2 (17%)

1 (8%)

0 (0%)

12

Bay (Beds 21–24)

0 (0%)

1 (50%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (50%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2

Bay (Beds 29–32)

4 (67%)

0 (0%)

1 (17%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (17%)

0 (0%)

6

Bay (Beds 5–8)

1 (25%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

3 (75%)

0 (0%)

4

Bed 9

1 (25%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (25%)

1 (25%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (25%)

0 (0%)

4

Bed 10

2 (50%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (25%)

0 (0%)

1 (25%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

4

Bed 19

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (40%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (40%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (20%)

0 (0%)

5

Bed 20

1 (25%)

0 (0%)

2 (50%)

0 (0%)

1 (25%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

4

Drug prep room

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1

Office

0 (0%)

1 (25%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

3 (75%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

4

Pantry (Staff & Patient use)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (20%)

0 (0%)

1 (20%)

0 (0%)

1 (20%)

1 (20%)

1 (20%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

5

Sluice

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1

Staff toilet

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1

Workstation on wheels

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1

Total isolates of each species found

13

2

7

1

3

3

5

1

11

1

4

8

1

 
  1. Percentages describe the proportion each species makes up per location
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Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

ISSN: 1476-0711

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