Transmission of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae
ConditionHospital Acquired Infection
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age1+
SponsorUniversity Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
The aim of this research project is to investigate the transmission of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae on both, the level of bacterial strains and mobile genetic elements, and to determine the source of hospital-acquired infections.
aged above 1 year
proven ESBL-PE carriage from any specimens obtained by routine clinical practice out and inpatients from University Hospital Basle from January 1st until December 31st 2019
not meeting inclusion criteria