Duodenoscope-Related Outbreak of a Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Identified Using Advanced Molecular Diagnostics | Zendy

Romney M. Humphries | Zendy; Yang Shuan | Zendy; Stephen Kim | Zendy; Venkatara Muthusamy | Zendy; Dana Russell | Zendy; Alisa M Trout | Zendy; Teresa Zaroda | Zendy; Quen J. Cheng | Zendy; Grace M. Aldrovandi | Zendy; Daniel Z. Uslan | Zendy; Peera Hemarajata | Zendy; Zachary Rubin | Zendy

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Duodenoscope-Related Outbreak of a Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Identified Using Advanced Molecular Diagnostics

Author(s) -

Romney M. Humphries,

Yang Shuan,

Stephen Kim,

Venkatara Muthusamy,

Dana Russell,

Alisa M Trout,

Teresa Zaroda,

Quen J. Cheng,

Grace M. Aldrovandi,

Daniel Z. Uslan,

Peera Hemarajata,

Zachary Rubin

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix527

Subject(s) - medicine , outbreak , klebsiella pneumoniae , carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae , infection control , carbapenem , asymptomatic carrier , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , intensive care medicine , antibiotics , disease , biology , gene , escherichia coli , biochemistry

Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infections are increasingly prevalent in North American hospitals. We describe an outbreak of carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae containing the blaOXA-232 gene transmitted by contaminated duodenoscopes during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures.

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