Ministry of Health – Policy Communique 2014-02 – CPO Surveillance Protocol and Outbreak Management Post
Carbapenemase Producing Organism Surveillance Protocol and Outbreak Management. CPE is an emerging threat to global health which requires a coordinated approach to prevention and control among public health, infection control, clinical and laboratory professionals. Source: https://www.canada.ca/ Updated: May 10, 2024...
OXA-48 strain of CPO in the news
Several stories have been circulating in the U.S. press around a strain of CPO that the media has dubbed "The Phantom Menace". The stories refer to this report published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on December 4, 2015. The main summary points of the report are: The plasmid containing OXA-48-like genes has high transfer efficiency, and the OXA-48 gene is more difficult to identify. CDC has modified...