How The Infection SpreadIn a paper published in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC), the study team stated the first case of CPE was seen in a one-year-old boy hospitalised with cardiac disease in June 2016.
Then, in March 2017, a 15-year-old boy got infected with the 'deadly superbug'.
Later, the outbreak reportedly spread to 19 paediatric patients; upon investigation it was found that nine sinks were contaminated with CPE.
While six sinks were in hospital rooms with CPE-positive patients, three were from a nurse centre, a waste room, and an ice machine.
How The Infection Spread
In a paper published in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC), the study team stated the first case of CPE was seen in a one-year-old boy hospitalised with cardiac disease in June 2016. Then, in March 2017, a 15-year-old boy got infected with the 'deadly superbug'. Later, the outbreak reportedly spread to 19 paediatric patients; upon investigation it was found that nine sinks were contaminated with CPE. While six sinks were in hospital rooms with CPE-positive patients, three were from a nurse centre, a waste room, and an ice machine.
