Three prolonged outbreaks of metallo-β-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an Upper Austrian hospital, 2017–2023

Three prolonged outbreaks of metallo-β-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an Upper Austrian hospital, 2017–2023

ABSTRACT In spring 2022, an increase in metallo-β-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MBL-Pa) infections was detected in a hospital in Upper Austria. To identify the source of infection and to stop further transmissions, an epidemiological outbreak investigation including whole-genome sequen...

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Main Authors: Adriana Cabal, Anna Hörtenhuber, Yarub Salaheddin, Anna Stöger, Burkhard Springer, Stefan Bletz, Alexander Mellmann, Patrick Hyden, Rainer Hartl, Johannes Weinberger, Rick Conzemius, Markus Hell, Beatriz Daza-Prieto, Kathrin Lippert, Georg Steindl, Sandra Köberl-Jelovcan, Werner Ruppitsch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2024-10-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
metallo-β-lactamase
cgMLST
outbreak
Austria
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00740-24

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00740-24

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