CDC Investigation of First Identified mcr-1 Gene

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Twenty persons at higher risk included the patient’s medical facility roommate, household contacts, home health personnel, friends who assisted with activities of daily living such as cleaning, bathing, rotating, ambulating and toileting, and a patient who developed an E. coli infection after receiving direct care from a caregiver who also assisted the index patient. Persons at lower risk included 98 health care personnel from the two high-risk facilities who directly assisted with activities of daily living while generally adhering to contact precautions. All 20 higher-risk contacts completed screening; among the 98 lower-risk contacts, 78 agreed to testing.


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