Nosocomial outbreak due to Klebsiella pneumoniae at a neurosurgery unit

Thirty three isolates of K. pneumoniae were studied. The strains were cultured from different clinical specimens received from patients hospitalised at a Neurosurgery Unit at the Dr Jurasz University Hospital in Bydgoszcz. Production of ESBL was assessed using double disk synergy test. The genomic D...

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Published inPolish journal of microbiology Vol. 61; no. 4; pp. 311 - 313
Main Authors Sekowska, Alicja, Kamińska, Dorota, Nakonowska, Beata, Gospodarek, Eugenia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Poland De Gruyter Poland 2012
Subjects
Cross Infection - epidemiology
Cross Infection - microbiology
Disease Outbreaks
DNA Fingerprinting
DNA, Bacterial - genetics
Hospital Units
Hospitals
Humans
Klebsiella
Klebsiella Infections - epidemiology
Klebsiella Infections - microbiology
Klebsiella pneumoniae - genetics
Klebsiella pneumoniae - isolation & purification
Neurosurgery
Nosocomial infection
Poland - epidemiology
Poland
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Summary:Thirty three isolates of K. pneumoniae were studied. The strains were cultured from different clinical specimens received from patients hospitalised at a Neurosurgery Unit at the Dr Jurasz University Hospital in Bydgoszcz. Production of ESBL was assessed using double disk synergy test. The genomic DNA was extracted from the strains separated by PFGE after digesting with XbaI endonuclease. Production of ESBL was detected in 81.8% of K. pneumoniae isolates. Molecular typing results revealed a great genetic diversity among K. pneumoniae isolates. All repeated PFGE patterns were detected in 12 (36.3%) K. pneumoniae isolates.
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ISSN:1733-1331
2544-4646
DOI:10.33073/pjm-2012-042