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Volume 22, Number 6—June 2016
Dispatch

Prospective Validation of Cessation of Contact Precautions for Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase–Producing Escherichia coli1

Sarah Tschudin-SutterComments to Author , Reno Frei, Friedbert Schwahn, Milanka Tomic, Martin Conzelmann, Anne Stranden, and Andreas F. Widmer
Author affiliations: University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland (S. Tschudin-Sutter, R. Frei, F. Schwahn, A. Stranden, A.F. Widmer); Felix Platter Hospital, Basel (M. Tomic, M. Conzelmann)

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Figure 2

Transmission of extended-spectrum β-lactamase–producing Escherichia coli over contact time among index and contact patients who shared rooms for at least 24 hours in an acute-care hospital or a geriatric/rehabilitation center, Basel, Switzerland.

Figure 2. Transmission of extended-spectrum β-lactamase–producing Escherichia coli over contact time among index and contact patients who shared rooms for at least 24 hours in an acute-care hospital or a geriatric/rehabilitation center, Basel, Switzerland.

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1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the 25th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases; April 25–28, 2015; Copenhagen, Denmark.

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