Contaminated handwashing sinks as the source of a clonal outbreak with KPC-2-producing Klebsiella oxytoca on a hematology ward.

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Contaminated handwashing sinks as the source of a clonal outbreak with KPC-2-producing Klebsiella oxytoca on a hematology ward.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014 Oct 27;

Authors: Leitner E, Zarfel G, Luxner J, Herzog K, Pekard-Amenitsch S, Hoenigl M, Valentin T, Feierl G, Grisold AJ, Högenauer C, Sill H, Krause R, Zollner-Schwetz I

Abstract
We investigated sinks as possible sources of a prolonged KPC-producing K. oxytoca outbreak. Seven carbapenem resistant K. oxytoca isolates were identified in sink drains in 4 patient rooms and in the medication room. Investigations for resistance genes and genetic relatedness of patient and environmental isolates revealed that all isolates harboured the blaKPC-2 and blaTEM-1 and were genetically indistinguishable. We describe a clonal outbreak caused by KPC-2-producing K. oxytoca pointing to handwashing sinks as possible reservoir.

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