Gram-negative bacilli (GNB) are bacteria frequently encountered in clinical settings, both as normal flora and as pathogens in a variety of infections.
The use of antibiotics has led to the emergence of various resistance mechanisms and some of these bacteria are now resistant to several classes of antibiotics.
This document was created to help healthcare-associated infection prevention and control (IPC) teams identify major multidrug-resistant. Gram-negative bacilli (MDR-GNB) and implement IPC measures to prevent them from being transmitted to acute care settings in Québec. This document replaces the document published in 2015 and discusses all GNB excluding carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE). Since the latter are important, a separate document has been created containing the information that pertains to them (CINQ 2017).
This document is primarily intended to be used as a basic reference for centres that are not dealing with an outbreak.…
Comité sur les infections nosocomiales du Québec