作者
Mathias W Pletz, Antje Wollny, Ute-Heike Dobermann, Jürgen Rödel, Svetlana Neubauer, Claudia Stein, Christian Brandt, Anita Hartung, Alexander Mellmann, Sabine Trommer, Birgit Edel, Vladimir Patchev, Oliwia Makarewicz, Jens Maschmann
发表日期
2018/6/18
期刊
Clinical Infectious Diseases
卷号
67
期号
1
页码范围
58-64
出版商
Oxford University Press
简介
Background
A foodborne outbreak of VIM carbapenemase-expressing Citrobacter freundii (CPC) occurred between February 2016 and June 2016 at a major university hospital in Germany.
Methods
An explosive increase in CPC isolated from rectal swabs of patients during weekly routine screening led to the declaration of an outbreak. A hospital-wide prevalence screening was initiated as well as screening of all patients on admission and before transfer to another ward, canteen staff, patient rooms, medical and kitchen inventory, and food. Swabs were streaked out on selective plates. All CPC isolates were analyzed using mass spectrometry, and selected isolates were analyzed using whole-genome sequencing.
Results
A total of 76 were identified; most were unrelated cases in different wards. The CPC was isolated from retained samples of prepared …
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