Genomic Investigation and Successful Containment of an Intermittent Common Source Outbreak of OXA-48-Producing Enterobacter cloacae Related to Hospital Shower Drains

Genomic Investigation and Successful Containment of an Intermittent Common Source Outbreak of OXA-48-Producing Enterobacter cloacae Related to Hospital Shower Drains

ABSTRACT The hospital environment has been reported as a source of transmission events and outbreaks of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales. Interconnected plumbing systems and the microbial diversity in these reservoirs pose a challenge for outbreak investigation and control. A total of 133 cl...

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Main Authors: Dennis Nurjadi, Martin Scherrer, Uwe Frank, Nico T. Mutters, Alexandra Heininger, Isabel Späth, Vanessa M. Eichel, Jonas Jabs, Katja Probst, Carsten Müller-Tidow, Juliane Brandt, Klaus Heeg, Sébastien Boutin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2021-12-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
carbapenemase
Enterobacter cloacae
hospital outbreak
infection control
whole-genome sequencing
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/Spectrum.01380-21

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/Spectrum.01380-21

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