Interhospital spread of NDM-7-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae belonging to ST437 in Spain

Highlights • Interhospital spread of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae is described. • The outbreak involved seven patients admitted in three different hospitals. • The K. pneumoniae strains were clonally related and produced NDM-7 carbapenemase. • An environmental reservoir was found in on...

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Published in:International journal of antimicrobial agents 2015-08, Vol.46 (2), p.169-173
Main Authors: Seara, Nieves, Oteo, Jesús, Carrillo, Raquel, Pérez-Blanco, Verónica, Mingorance, Jesús, Gómez-Gil, Rosa, Herruzo, Rafael, Pérez-Vázquez, María, Astray, Jenaro, García-Rodríguez, Julio, Ruiz-Velasco, Luis Moisés, Campos, José, de Burgos, Carmen, Ruiz-Carrascoso, Guillermo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
beta-Lactamases - secretion
Blood - microbiology
Carbapenemase
Cross Infection - epidemiology
Cross Infection - microbiology
Cross Infection - transmission
Disease Outbreaks
Disease Transmission, Infectious
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Female
Genotype
Humans
Infectious Disease
Klebsiella Infections - epidemiology
Klebsiella Infections - microbiology
Klebsiella Infections - transmission
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Klebsiella pneumoniae - classification
Klebsiella pneumoniae - enzymology
Klebsiella pneumoniae - genetics
Klebsiella pneumoniae - isolation & purification
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Epidemiology
Molecular Typing
NDM-7
Outbreak
Rectum - microbiology
Spain - epidemiology
Urine - microbiology
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Summary:Highlights • Interhospital spread of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae is described. • The outbreak involved seven patients admitted in three different hospitals. • The K. pneumoniae strains were clonally related and produced NDM-7 carbapenemase. • An environmental reservoir was found in one hospital. • This is the first reported worldwide outbreak of NDM-7-producing K. pneumoniae.
ISSN:0924-8579
1872-7913
DOI:10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2015.04.001